Scientific name definitions

Scientific name

The name given to a species by scientists when they classify it.
Found on http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Big_Cats/Glossary

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scientific name

Formal nomenclatural designation of a taxon
Found on http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/insectclass/glossary_terms.htm

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Scientific Name

The internationally recognized Latin name of a plant that will be descriptive of the feature of the plant, or will commemorate a person connected with it. The name of the species will consist of two parts, the genus name and the species name. This system was first started in 1753 by a Swedish botanist, Linnaeus.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20077

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Scientific Name

A name, usually from the Latin language, that scientists give to a plant or an animal.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20085

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Scientific Name

A name, usually from the Latin language, that scientists give to a plant or an animal.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21498

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Scientific name

Name (genus and species) of a plant or animal used throughout the international scientific community.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

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scientific name

(see binomial and trinomial)
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

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Scientific name

the technical name of a creature, made up of the genus, species, and sometimes a variation. E.g., the scientific name for the Western Bluebird is Sialia mexicana. Scientific names are usually used to avoid confusion because common names may vary by region. Birds also have standard English names.
Found on http://www.sialis.org/glossary.htm

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Scientific name

A Latinized name, internationally recognized, of a species or subspecies. The scientific name of a species consists of the generic and specific names and the name of the describer of the species.
Found on https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/resource-library/vegetable-gardening-glossar

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Scientific Name

The internationally recognized Latin name of a plant that is descriptive of the feature of the plant or will commemorate a person connected with it. The name of the species will consist of two parts, the genus name and the species name. This was first started in 1753 by a Swedish botanist, Linnaeus.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22488

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