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binomen

The English word “binomen” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A name having two parts.
  2. A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

Etymology

Latin bis (“double, twice”) + nōmen (“name”).

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