nomen novum
Translingual
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin nomen (“name”) and Latin novus (-a, -um) (“new”).
Noun
editnomen novum (plural nomina nova)
- (taxonomy) A new taxonomic name for a biological taxon, renamed because the old name is also that of another taxon or for similar reasons.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- nomen novum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia