• In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International...
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  • In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement', and -νομία (-nomia) 'method') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing)...
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    classification Catalogue of life – Online database and index of taxa Homonym (biology) – Scientific name that is identical in spelling to a name with a different...
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    Systematic Biology. 48 (4): 790–807. doi:10.1080/106351599260012. PMID 12066299. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. "HemiHomonym Database"...
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  • based on a different type; only one of the homonyms is considered a valid designation (see homonym (biology)). Compare to synonym. hydronym: a name of...
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    Genus (redirect from Genus (biology))
    inval.; a rejected name is a nomen rejiciendum or nom. rej.; a later homonym of a validly published name is a nomen illegitimum or nom. illeg.; for...
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  • refer to the same taxon, which is a subjective opinion. Junior secondary homonyms - In this case, the taxa are separate species, originally described in...
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  • Isonym (category Taxonomy (biology))
    scientific name is based Homonym (biology) – Scientific name that is identical in spelling to a name with a different type Isotype (biology) – Example of an organism...
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    The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis. The genus Coenobita contains 17 species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Several...
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    Species (redirect from Species (biology))
    species are chosen to be unique and universal (except for some inter-code homonyms); they are in two parts used together: the genus as in Puma, and the specific...
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