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chresonymies

chresonymies is the plural of chresonymy.

Meaning of chresonymy

Noun

chresonymy (plural chresonymies)

  1. A set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.
    • The unique combination of head characters and bipendulate aedeagus has resulted in considerable chresonymy and greatly broadened the geographical range of the group.1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
  2. A list of all published uses of a taxon name (usually a species name).
    • The paleobotanical literature concerned with the western North American Tertiary record would benefit from the use of the bibliographic device of chresonymy.1977, James Emory Eckenwalder, Systematics of Populus L. (Salicaceae) in Southwestern North America with Special Reference to Sect. Aigeiros Duby

Questions about chresonymies

What is chresonymies the plural of?
Chresonymies is the plural of chresonymy.

Words near chresonymies in the dictionary

  1. chresmographia
  2. chresmographion
  3. chresmologue
  4. chresmologues
  5. chresmology
  6. chresonymies
  7. chresonymy
  8. Chrest
  9. chrestic
  10. chrestomath
  11. chrestomathic

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