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scientific name

noun as in genus and species epithet

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I wish you would kindly also add the scientific name of the John Crow, with any particulars that you would think of interest.

No one ever forgot the roly-poly pudding made without suet; synthetic rubber was its scientific name.

The scientific name for "Father Long-legs" is Tipula oleracea.

The doctor had some scientific name for it, and I was taking medicine.

One is a common, vernacular, or popular name; the other is a technical or scientific name.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scientific name, such as: binomen, binomial name, binomial nomenclature, scientific epithet, taxonomic name, and trinomen.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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