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Tautonym
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Tautonym
==In biology == In biology, tautonym is an informal term to indicate 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 ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautonym
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tautonym
tautonym, tautonymous 1. A scientific name in which the same word is used for genus and species (Chloris chloris; the greenfinch). It is said that this practice is no longer approved by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. 2. A taxonomic designation; such as, Gorilla gorilla and Apus a... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2091/2
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