hemihomonym
nounEtymology From hemi- + homonym. By surface analysis, hemi- + hom- + -onym.
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Biology, Natural sciences, Taxonomy A scientific name of an organism that is also used for a different taxon in a different kingdom subject to a different code of nomenclature.
- Chaetopsis in Fungi is a hemihomonym of Chaetopsis in Insecta.
- Hemihomonyms (same nomina which are used for taxa from different nomenclature jurisdictions) are an overlooked but genuine nuisance in biological nomenclature.2013, Alexey Shipunov, “The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB)”, in Bionomina: