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Word: Tautonym
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɔːtənɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species, for example Vulpes vulpes (the red fox).
Short Definition:scientific name in which same word is used for both genus and species
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