Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

specific name

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables
speci-fic -name
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The second word in the scientific name of an animal species, following the name of the genus.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

specific names (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

specific epithet species epithet genus name subspecific name

Questions

What does specific name mean?
The second word in the scientific name of an animal species, following the name of the genus.

How to pronounce specific name

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