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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Consisting of two names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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adj
Pertaining to the noun binomen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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adj
Pertaining to the nomenclature system for the rank of species in biological taxonomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
A scientific name, at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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Synonyms: binomen, binomial, binomial name, binominal name, species name, dionym
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noun
A construct involving two nouns or two names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: binomial
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History
Borrowed from Latin binōminis (“having two names”).
