species name

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species name

noun species names

A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: the generic name (or generic epithet, the genus of the species) and the specific name (a term used only in zoology, never in botany, for the second part of a binomial) or the specific epithet (the term always used in botany, which can also be used in zoology). Meronyms: genus name, generic name, generic epithet; specific epithet, species epithet, specific name
Similar: binomen, binomial, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, dionym
specific epithet, species epithet, specific name Every animal that has been described by scientists has a scientific name, which consists of both a genus and species name. [...] The genus name is capitalized and given first, and the species name is given next [...]

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noun species name (binomen)

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@misc{species_name_2026,
  title = {species name},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/species%20name},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}