[zoology] In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also: specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rules and regulations governing the giving of a new species name are expl...
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(from the article `toponymy`) Habitation and feature names are either generic or specific, or a combination of the two. A generic name refers to a class of names such as river, ...
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