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binomina

binomina is the plural of binomen.

Meaning of binomen

Noun

binomen (plural binomina)

  1. A name having two parts.
  2. A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
    • Each type species is cited in its original binomen (Recommendation 67B of the Code, ICZN 1999α), and if that name is a synonym then it is followed by the valid name of the species in parentheses.2020 March 5, James E. O'Hara et al., Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World

Questions about binomina

What is binomina the plural of?
Binomina is the plural of binomen.

Words near binomina in the dictionary

  1. binomialist
  2. binomialists
  3. binomiality
  4. binomially
  5. binomials
  6. binomina
  7. binominal
  8. binominal name
  9. binominal names
  10. binominals
  11. binominous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: binomina (page history and authors); binomen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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