Species name

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Noun
  1. 1
    A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: the generic name (or generic epithet, the genus of the species) and the specific name (a term used only in zoology, never in botany, for the second part of a binomial) or the specific epithet (the term always used in botany, which can also be used in zoology).

    "Meronyms: genus name, generic name, generic epithet; specific epithet, species epithet, specific name"

  2. 2
    specific epithet, species epithet, specific name

    "Every animal that has been described by scientists has a scientific name, which consists of both a genus and species name. [...] The genus name is capitalized and given first, and the species name is given next [...]"

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"Meronyms: genus name, generic name, generic epithet; specific epithet, species epithet, specific name"

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