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zoonym

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈzoʊ.ə.nɪm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ə.nɪm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

The common name for a (species of) animal

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From zoo- + -onym.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: zoonymum — common name for an animal
  • Estonian: zoonüüm — common name for an animal
  • Estonian: loomanimi — common name for an animal
  • Finnish: eläimennimi — common name for an animal
  • French: zoonyme — common name for an animal
  • Hungarian: állatnév — common name for an animal
  • Interlingua: zoonymo — common name for an animal
  • Italian: zoonimo — common name for an animal
  • Macedonian: зооним (zoonim) — common name for an animal
  • Polish: zoonim — common name for an animal
  • Portuguese: zoônimo — common name for an animal
  • Romanian: zoonim — common name for an animal
  • Russian: зооним (zoonim) — common name for an animal
  • Serbo-Croatian: zoonim — common name for an animal
  • Slovak: zoonymum — common name for an animal
  • Spanish: zoonimo — common name for an animal
  • Ukrainian: зоонім (zoonim) — common name for an animal