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noun
The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy, zoology
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noun
The first/original entity after which another entity is named without the entities being related. If the entities are related, then the original entity is the eponym of the subsequent entities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Qualifier: prescriptive
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History
From proto- + -onym.
