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Caconym

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Noun
  1. 1
    An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to caco- + -onym or caco- + -nym.

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