appellative

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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

And it is certain that all proper or individual names have been originally appellative or general.”

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

In the name of another lake in Russia, the Karduanskoi-ilmen, it seems to occur as an appellative.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

This familiar appellative had followed him into the army.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton