💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Basonym"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tautonomynoun | Alternative form of tautonymy. [The use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.] |
| binomenoun | (archaic) A binomial. |
| cenospeciesnoun | Alternative form of coenospecies. [(biology) Either of a group of related species that are able to form (often fertile) hybrids] |
| synacmynoun | Alternative form of synacme. [(dated, botany) synanthesis] |
| autoapomorphnoun | Alternative form of autapomorph. [(cladistics) An organism that possesses a derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.] |
| alpha-taxonomynoun | Alternative form of alpha taxonomy. [The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming living things.] |
| antonomasynoun | Alternative form of antonomasia. [(rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.] |
| glottonymnoun | Alternative spelling of glossonym. [The name of a language.] |
| tecnonymnoun | Alternative form of teknonym. [A name for an adult derived from that of a child, especially that of the eldest child.] |
| autoapomorphynoun | Alternative form of autapomorphy. [(cladistics) A derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon] |
| palaeobasinnoun | Alternative form of paleobasin. [An extinct river basin] |
| basilidiannoun | Alternative form of Basilidean. [A member of a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century.] |
| polynymynoun | The use of names that are polynyms. |
| bacronymnoun | Alternative spelling of backronym. [A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.] |
| synonymisationnoun | Alternative form of synonymization. [The action, or the result of synonymizing (especially of taxa).] |
| agionymnoun | Alternative form of hagionym. [(onomastics) The name of a saint] |
| palaeospeciesnoun | Alternative form of paleospecies. [(taxonomy, paleontology) A species that is derived from the paleontological record; chronospecies.] |
| basilidianismnoun | Alternative form of Basilideanism. [The beliefs and practices of the Basilidean sect.] |
| polyonomynoun | Alternative form of polyonymy. [The use of many names for the same thing or person.] |
| moneronnoun | Alternative form of moneran. [(biology) Any organism of the former kingdom of Monera.] |
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