nomen novum

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Etymology

From Latin nomen (“name”) and Latin novus (-a, -um) (“new”).

Noun

nomen novum (plural nomina nova)

  1. (taxonomy) A new taxonomic name for a biological taxon, renamed because the old name is also that of another taxon or for similar reasons.

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