tautonymous

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adjective

Describes a word that is a tautonym.

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Meanings

adjectivetautonymous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDescribes a word that is a tautonym.

    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
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    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

Origin

From tautonym + -ous.

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Cite this entry
APA

tautonymous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautonymous

MLA

“tautonymous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautonymous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tautonymous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautonymous.

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