binominal

Also found in: Thesaurus.

Related to binominal: binomial

binominal

(baɪˈnɒmɪnəl) biology

adj

(Biology) of or denoting the binomial nomenclature

(Biology) a two-part taxonomic name; binomial

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Adj.

binominal - having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies; "binomial nomenclature of bacteria"

binomial

onymous - bearing a name; "articles in magazines are usually onymous"

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

In the 1700s, Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus invented a binominal system of classifying organisms according to their structure, even though only a small fraction of the Earth's plants had been discovered.

The mystery of Latin names revealed

The corresponding specificity was 62.2%, and the corresponding PV+ was 46.3% (95% binominal Cl, 37.0-55.7%).

Predictive value of cord blood hematological indices and hemoglobin Barts for the detection of heterozygous [alpha]-thalassemia-2 in an African-Caribbean population

Two of the cases feature binominal expressions (1, 152) and are exclusive to the Shijing poem in which they appear.

Avian identification of jiu in the Shijing

Another thing the country should scrap, they say, is the binominal majoritarian voting system used to elect members of Congress (NotiSur, Feb.

Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet launches bid for second term

At present, Moscow makes considerable efforts to recover this gap and to re-establish the former USA-USSR binominal, as well as the monopoly of the "political agenda" through which to determine new subjects and actions in the current international political life.