COMMONNAME

Common name

In biological nomenclature, a common name of a taxon or organism is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; this kind of name is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized. A so-called "common name" is sometimes quite commonly used, but that is not always the case.

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common name

Noun

  1. The name by which a species is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.


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