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metanyms

metanyms is the plural of metanym.

Meaning of metanym

Noun

metanym (plural metanyms)

  1. A name that is rejected because a valid name (based on another member) already exists for the same group.

Questions about metanyms

What is metanyms the plural of?
Metanyms is the plural of metanym.

Words near metanyms in the dictionary

  1. metanotal
  2. metanotum
  3. metantimonate
  4. metantimonates
  5. metanym
  6. metanyms
  7. metanœa
  8. metaobject
  9. metaobjects
  10. metaoidioplasties
  11. metaoidioplasty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metanyms (page history and authors); metanym (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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