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.

Boulenger held a lasting influence on taxonomic herpetology, and his generic synonymy of Osteocephalus was unchallenged until only a decade ago.

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