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nomenclatory

nomenclatory adjective: relating to nomenclature.

Adjective

nomenclatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to nomenclature.
    • Every conceptual act is so immediately followed as to seem accompanied by a nomenclatory one.1883, William Dwight Whitney, The Life and Growth of Language, page 139
    • As to the name, there is no reason to change it; Scalpellidae was already used by Pilsbry in 1907, and the generic name Pollicipes must be dropped, according to the nomenclatory rules, so that nothing is gained by the change proposed by Annandale.1917, Theodor Mortensen, Observations on Protective Adaptations and Habits, Mainly in Marine Animals

Origin of nomenclatory

From nomenclator + -y.

Words formed from nomenclatory

Questions about nomenclatory

What does nomenclatory mean?
Nomenclatory means relating to nomenclature.
What part of speech is nomenclatory?
Nomenclatory is an adjective.

Words near nomenclatory in the dictionary

  1. nomenclative
  2. nomenclator
  3. nomenclatorial
  4. nomenclatorially
  5. nomenclators
  6. nomenclatory
  7. nomenclatress
  8. nomenclatresses
  9. nomenclatura
  10. nomenclatural
  11. nomenclatural synonym

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