tautonym

tau·to·nym (tô

-n

)

A taxonomic designation, such as Gorilla gorilla, in which the genus and species names are the same, commonly used in zoology but no longer in botany.

tauto·nymic, tau·tony·mous (tô-t

-m

s) adj.

tau·tony·my n.

tautonym [ˈtɔːtənɪm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology a taxonomic name in which the generic and specific components are the same, as in Rattus rattus (black rat)

[from Greek tautonymos. See tauto-, -onym]

tautonymic , tautonymous [tɔːˈtɒnɪməs] adj

tautonymy n

tautonym

a botanical or zoological name in which the two terms, the generic name and the specific, are the same (a practice no longer approved by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature). — tautonymic, tautonymous, adj.

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
botany classification names tauto-			My favorite tautonyms are the 'accidental' repeaters, words such as TESTES, PALPAL, VALVAL, SESSES and the lovely HOTSHOTS that are 'visual' but not 'aural' doubles. Accidental tautonyms by Grant, Jeff / Word Ways In Look Back, I should have recognized Susan Thorpe's Unique Generic Locks in the Aug 2007 Word Ways as another article entirely devoted to word interlocks, albeit of a special type (having constitutent words constructed from palindromes, Miami words, tautonyms, etc. Colloquy by Word Ways If you will allow any of my spellings, all three pairs, un-hunh unh-unh, un-hun unh-un, and u-huh uh-uh, constitute neat charadeantigrams and two are also tautonym pairs. Who gives a grunt? by Word Ways			Taut hand Tautaug Tautegorical tauten tautly tautness tauto- Tautochrone Tautochronous tautog Tautoga Tautoga onitis Tautogolabrus Tautogolabrus adspersus Tautologic tautological Tautological echo tautologism Tautologist tautologize Tautologous tautology tautomer Tautomeric tautomerism tautonym Tautoousian Tautophonical tautophony Tautozonal tav Tavel Tavener tavern tavern keeper taverna Taverner Taverning Tavernman TAVR taw tawa tawai tawdrily tawdriness tawdry Tawer Tawery Tawney Tawniness tawny			Tautologous Tautologous tautology tautology tautology tautomer tautomer tautomer tautomeral tautomerase Tautomere Tautomere Tautomere Tautomeres Tautomeres Tautomeres tautomeric tautomeric tautomeric tautomeric fiber tautomerism tautomerism tautomerism Tautomerization Tautomerization Tautomerization Tautomers Tautomers Tautomers Tautonomy (zoology) tautonym Tautonym (botany) tautonymic tautonymies tautonymous tautonyms tautonymy Tautonymy (zoology) Tautoousian Tautopathy Tautopathy Tautopathy Tautophonical Tautophony Tautozonal TAUW TAUWP Taux Annuel Effectif Global taux brut de scolarisation masculine Taux compose Taux d'escompte Taux d'Onde Stationnaire Taux de Base Bancaire Taux de change d'equilibre Taux de change effectif Taux de Chômage à Inflation Stationnaire Taux de Gravité

tautonym playV2('en/US/d7/d7sfdhsysysgsgylsfgk');playV2('en/UK/d7/d7sfdhsysysgsgylsfgk')

tautonym