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binomial nomenclature

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
bi-no-mi-al nomen-cla-ture
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

binomial name binominal name species name

Frequently Paired Words

binomen binomial binomial name binominal binominal name species species name taxonomy

Questions

What does binomial nomenclature mean?
The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens

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