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hemihomonyms

hemihomonyms is the plural of hemihomonym.

Meaning of hemihomonym

Noun

hemihomonym (plural hemihomonyms)

  1. A scientific name of an organism that is also used for a different taxon in a different kingdom subject to a different code of nomenclature.
    • Chaetopsis in Fungi is a hemihomonym of Chaetopsis in Insecta.

Questions about hemihomonyms

What is hemihomonyms the plural of?
Hemihomonyms is the plural of hemihomonym.

Words near hemihomonyms in the dictionary

  1. hemiheterocercal
  2. hemihexakisoctahedron
  3. hemihexakisoctahedrons
  4. hemiholohedral
  5. hemihomonym
  6. hemihomonyms
  7. hemihydranencephaly
  8. hemihydrate
  9. hemihydrated
  10. hemihydrates
  11. hemihydrochloride

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