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Meaning of "tautonymy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAUTONYMY

tɔːˈtɒnɪmɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAUTONYMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tautonymy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAUTONYMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tautonym

A tautonym is a scientific name of a species in which both parts of the name have the same spelling, for example Bison bison. The first part of the name is the name of the genus and the second part is referred to as the specific epithet in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants and the specific name in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Tautonymy is permissible in zoological nomenclature. In past editions of the zoological Code the term tautonym was used, but it has now been replaced by the more inclusive "tautonymous names"; these include trinomial names such as Gorilla gorilla gorilla. In the current rules for botanical nomenclature, tautonyms are explicitly prohibited. One example of a botanical tautonym is 'Larix larix'. The earliest name for the European larch is Pinus larix L. but Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten did not agree with the placement of the species in Pinus and decided to move it to Larix in 1880. His proposed name created a tautonym.

Definition of tautonymy in the English dictionary

The definition of tautonymy in the dictionary is the fact of having a taxonomic name in which the generic and specific components are the same, as in Rattus rattus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAUTONYMY

antonymy · archenemy · caconymy · eponymy · homonymy · hypernymy · hyponymy · meronymy · metonymy · paronymy · polyonymy · synonymy · teknonymy · toponymy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAUTONYMY

tautologically · tautologies · tautologise · tautologism · tautologist · tautologize · tautologous · tautologously · tautology · tautomer · tautomeric · tautomerism · tautometric · tautometrical · tautonym · tautonymic · tautonymous · tautophonic · tautophonical · tautophony

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAUTONYMY

academy · anatomy · army · astronomy · creamy · domy · dummy · economy · Emmy · enemy · filmy · Grammy · mommy · my · stymy · tammy · taxonomy · thymy · tommy · yummy

Synonyms and antonyms of tautonymy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tautonymy» into 25 languages

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The translations of tautonymy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tautonymy» in English.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tautonymy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAUTONYMY»

Discover the use of tautonymy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tautonymy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Guidelines for the capture and management of digital ...
This is the type species for Caucasica Caziot & Margier 1909 fixed by absolute tautonymy, and also for Euxinolauria. Very similar names do not produce absolute tautonymy, even if they have absolutely identical meanings. There is no term ...
Francisco W. Welter-Schultes
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The Determination of Generic Types: And a List of Roundworm ...
Type by Virtual Tautonymy. RECOMMENDATION. — If a genus, without designated type, contains among its original species one possessing as specific or subspeciflc name, either as valid name or synonym, a name which is virtually the same ...
Charles Wardell Stiles, Albert Hassall, 1905
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Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Animal Industry)
Type by Virtual Tautonymy. RECOMMENDATION. — If a genus, without designated type, contains among its original species one possessing as specific or subspeciflc name, either as valid name or synonym, a name which is virtually the same ...
‎1905
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Bulletin
Type by Vibtual Tautonymy. RECOMMENDATION. — If a genus, without designated type, contains among its original species one possessing as specific or subspecifle name, either as valid name or synonym, a name which is virtually the ...
United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, 1905
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Terms Used in Bionomenclature: The Naming of Organisms and ...
the use of the same word for the name of a genus-group taxon and for the species-group name of one of its included species and/or subspecies; see absolute tautonymy, Linnean tautonymy, virtual tautonomy tautotype: (1) (zool., unoff.) ...
D. L. Hawksworth, 2010
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More Englishes: New studies in varieties of English 1988_1994
Such words are called tautonyms by those who care to give a name to the widespread phenomenon. Compare the complex combination of heteronymy and tautonymy that exists in the contrast of BrE vs. AmE: BrE AmE BrE AmE dumbwaiter\ ...
Manfred Görlach, 1995
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Code International de Nomenclature Zoologique
(e) Absolute tautonymy. — If any valid species-group name or its cited synonym, originally included in a nominal genus- group taxon [Art. 69a (i)], is identical with the name of that taxon, the nominal species-group taxon denoted by that name ...
W. D. L. Ride, 1985
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The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
If no nominal species were originally included, and a subsequent author includes an absolute tautonym in it without otherwise indicating type, surely a mandatory acceptance of " type by subsequent tautonymy " is in order, even as " type by ...
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1963
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Official List of Generic Names in Zoology
Name No. Cuculus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 110 (gender : masculine) (type species, by 909 Linnean tautonymy : Cuculus canorus Linnaeus , 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 110) (Class Aves). Fringilla Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed.
Francis Hemming, 1958
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Opinions and Declarations Rendered
Equus zebra, cites Zebra in references, it is seen that the general plan followed by Linnaeus was to adopt older names unless this resulted in tautonymy. As the adoption of Equus Gesn. as specific name with the generic name Equus would ...
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958
REFERENCE
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