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(Nat. Hist.)

the name which, appended to the name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the species; - originally applied by Linnæus to the essential character of the species, or the essential difference. The present specific name he at first called the trivial name.

- Wharton.

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Specific name (redirected from Species name)

Specific name
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