English Explanatory Dictionary

taxonomic name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A name, Latin in form, used to identify, in principle unambiguously, an organism (or group of organisms), formerly usually based solely on shared morphological feature, now usually on hypothesized common evolutionary descent.

Word forms

taxonomic name taxonomic names

Synonyms

scientific name

Related words

systematic name common name vernacular name binomial name trivial name common or garden
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