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tau·to·nym
tautonym
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- pronunciation:
- taw
t
nIm
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noun |
definition: |
in zoology, a scientific name in which the genus name and the species name are the same.
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derivations: |
tautonymic (adj.), tautonymous (adj.), tautonymy (n.) |
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