taxonomic name

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Noun

taxonomic name (plural taxonomic names)

  1. (biology) 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.
    Synonym: scientific name

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