scientific name

English

Examples
Fagaceae is the scientific name for the oak family. Panthera leo is the scientific name for the lion.

Noun

scientific name (plural scientific names)

1. A formal name according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a taxon.
   • 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:

     From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name.

Synonyms

• (formal name): Latin name

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “formal name”): common name

Hyponyms

• botanical name; zoological name
• binomen, binomial, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, dionym, species name; trinomial name

Translations

formal name

• Arabic: اِسْم عِلْمِيّ m (ism ʕilmiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學名／学名 (zh) (xuémíng)

• Czech: vědecký název m
• Finnish: tieteellinen nimi (fi)
• French: nom scientifique (fr) m, nom savant m
• Italian: nome scientifico m
• Japanese: 学名 (ja) (がくめい, gakumei)
• Malayalam: ശാസ്ത്രീയനാമം (śāstrīyanāmaṁ)
• Persian: نام علمی (nâm-e 'elmi)
• Polish: nazwa naukowa f
• Portuguese: nome científico m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: nombre científico m
• Turkish: bilimsel ad, bilimsel isim