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taxonomic names

taxonomic names is the plural of taxonomic name.

Meaning of taxonomic name

Noun

taxonomic name (plural taxonomic names)

  1. A name, Latin in form, used to identify, in principle unambiguously, an organism (or group of organisms), formerly usually based solely on shared morphological feature, now usually on hypothesized common evolutionary descent.
    Synonyms:
    scientific name

Questions about taxonomic names

What is taxonomic names the plural of?
Taxonomic names is the plural of taxonomic name.

Words near taxonomic names in the dictionary

  1. taxonometrics
  2. taxonometry
  3. taxonomic
  4. taxonomic inflation
  5. taxonomic name
  6. taxonomic names
  7. taxonomic synonym
  8. taxonomic synonyms
  9. taxonomic system
  10. taxonomic systems
  11. taxonomical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taxonomic names (page history and authors); taxonomic name (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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