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Glossary entry

n.
(1) (general) A word, or ordered sequence of words, conventionally used to denote and identify a particular entity (e.g. a person, place, object, concept).
(2) Equivalent to scientific name (q.v.).
(3) An element of the name of a species-group taxon: see generic name, subgeneric name, specific name, subspecific name.

Source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. - International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, XXIX + 306 pp.

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