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Generic name
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Holonyms: species name (the binomial unit), binominal name, binomial name
Its generic name is Staphylococcus, but you may know it better by the common name staph.
Its generic name is rosuvastatin, but you may know it better by the proprietary name Crestor.
Its generic name is flying disc, but you may know it better by the proprietary name Frisbee. The generic name frisbee (lowercase) is used informally but not officially or legally.
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