Nomen ambiguum

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA name which has lost the ability to clearly identify a species because it has regularly been used by different authors to identify different species.

Synonyms

hemihomonym binary name metanym binominal name binomen basionym taxonomic name heterobasionym binominal ternary name heterotypic synonym generic name

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