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special name

special name noun: specific name.

Noun

special name (plural special names)

  1. (obsolete) specific name
    • If it be held that the generic and special names may not be tautonymic, the Law of Priority will determine whether the special or the generic name should be changed.1896, Thomas de Grey, Rules for Regulating Nomenclature

Forms of special name

pluralspecial names

Questions about special name

What does special name mean?
Special name means specific name.
What part of speech is special name?
Special name is a noun.
What is the plural of special name?
The plural of special name is special names.

Words near special name in the dictionary

  1. special measures
  2. special military operation
  3. special military operations
  4. special move
  5. special moves
  6. special name
  7. special names
  8. special needs
  9. Special Olympian
  10. Special Olympians
  11. Special Olympics

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