synonymy

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Caimanops amphibolurodes – the Mulga dragon, the only member of its genus – was recently returned to synonymy with by Doughty .

From Scientific American • Feb. 7, 2014

The resurrection of the Cape Verde shearwater from synonymy with Cory’s shearwater means that there are now two Atlantic Calonectris species.

From Scientific American • Feb. 10, 2013

Branca paused from his lunch to let forth a burst of philosemitism — declaiming the health benefits of kashrut and circumcision, the synonymy of Judaism with charity, leadership, patriotism, brains.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2011

River sturgeons of the American genus Scaphirhynchus: characters, distribution, and synonymy.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

We do not concur with Cochran and Goin's synonymy and contend that planiceps and vilarsi are synonyms of Osteocephalus taurinus; we give our reasons in the account of that species.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.