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tautonymies

tautonymies is the plural of tautonymy.

Meaning of tautonymy

Noun

tautonymy (usually uncountable, plural tautonymies)

  1. (usually) The use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.

Questions about tautonymies

What is tautonymies the plural of?
Tautonymies is the plural of tautonymy.

Words near tautonymies in the dictionary

  1. tautomycin
  2. tautomycins
  3. tautonomy
  4. tautonym
  5. tautonymic
  6. tautonymies
  7. tautonymous
  8. tautonyms
  9. tautonymy
  10. tautophonic
  11. tautophonical

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