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tautonym

Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːtə(ʊ)nɪm/
Definition of tautonym

noun

Botany & Zoology
  • a scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species, for example Vulpes vulpes (the red fox).

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tautonymy

noun

tautonym in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of tautonym in the US English dictionary

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