common name
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]common name (plural common names)
- (taxonomy) The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.
- 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:
- From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name.
- (chemistry) A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, name.
Synonyms
[edit]- (taxonomy): vernacular name
Translations
[edit]a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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