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tautonymous

tautonymous adjective: describes a word that is a tautonym.

Adjective

tautonymous (not comparable)

  1. Describes a word that is a tautonym.
    • Again is Acanthis linaria linaria (Acanthis l. linaria) more cumbersome than Acanthis linaria holboelli? At least, the tautonymous name is more easily remembered and written.1916, The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, volume XV, Melbourne, page 66
    • Tautonymous names with identical genus and species are allowed and wellcome in zoology.2012 June, Francisco W. Welter-Schultes, Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information, GBIF, page 22

Origin of tautonymous

From tautonym + -ous.

Questions about tautonymous

What does tautonymous mean?
Tautonymous means describes a word that is a tautonym.
What part of speech is tautonymous?
Tautonymous is an adjective.

Words near tautonymous in the dictionary

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

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