PARSPROTOTO
Pars pro toto
Pars pro toto, Latin for "a part for the whole", is a figure of speech where the name of a portion of an object, place or concept represents the entire object, place or concept. It is distinct from a merism, which is a reference to a whole by an enumeration of parts, or metonymy, where an object, place or concept is called by something or some place associated with the object, place or concept.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Pars pro toto
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