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A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: the generic name (or generic epithet, the genus of the species) and the specific name (a term used only in zoology, never in botany, for the second part of a binomial) or the specific epithet (the term always used in botany, which can also be used in zoology).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
Examples
- Meronyms: genus name, generic name, generic epithet; specific epithet, species epithet, specific name
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: binomen, binomial, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, dionym
Antonyms: none provided
specific epithet, species epithet, specific name
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
Artname
— species name (binomen)
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Hungarian:
fajnév
— species name (binomen)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
artsnavn
— species name (binomen)
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
artsnamn
— species name (binomen)
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Polish:
nazwa binominalna
— species name (binomen)
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Volapük:
sotanem
— species name (binomen)
