Meanings
plural binomina
- A name having two parts.
- biologyA scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
Each type species is cited in its original binomen (Recommendation 67B of the Code, ICZN 1999α), and if that name is a synonym then it is followed by the valid name of the species in parentheses.
2020 March 5, James E. O'Hara et al., Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the WorldSynonyms: binomial, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, species name, dionym
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
Origin
- Latinbis“double, twice”
- Englishbinomen
Latin bis (“double, twice”) + nōmen (“name”).
More words from Latin
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