special name

noun

special name

noun

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Obsolete specific name

If it be held that the generic and special names may not be tautonymic, the Law of Priority will determine whether the special or the generic name should be changed.1896, Thomas de Grey, Rules for Regulating Nomenclature:

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