Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

specific epithet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
speci-fic ep-i-thet
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

specific epithets (plural)

Phrases

genus name species name

Frequently Paired Words

genus name species name specific name subspecific epithet

Synonyms

species epithet

Questions

What does specific epithet mean?
The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus.

How to pronounce specific epithet

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