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nomina ambigua

nomina ambigua is the plural of nomen ambiguum.

Meaning of nomen ambiguum

Noun

nomen ambiguum (plural nomina ambigua)

  1. A name which has lost the ability to clearly identify a species because it has regularly been used by different authors to identify different species.

Questions about nomina ambigua

What is nomina ambigua the plural of?
Nomina ambigua is the plural of nomen ambiguum.

Words near nomina ambigua in the dictionary

  1. nomina acti
  2. nomina actionis
  3. nomina agenti
  4. nomina agentis
  5. nomina agentium
  6. nomina ambigua
  7. nomina appellativa
  8. nomina concreta
  9. nomina confusa
  10. nomina deminutiva
  11. nomina gentilicia

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