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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

binomen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bi-nomen
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A name having two parts.

noun

A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Latin bis (“double, twice”) + nōmen (“name”).

Inflected Forms

binomina (plural)

Synonyms

binomial binomial name binominal binominal name species name dionym

Questions

What does binomen mean?
A name having two parts.
Where does binomen come from?
Latin bis (“double, twice”) + nōmen (“name”).

How to pronounce binomen

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