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BINOMINAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does binominal mean?
• BINOMINAL (adjective)
The adjective BINOMINAL has 1 sense:
1. having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies
Familiarity information: BINOMINAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies
Synonyms:
binomial; binominal
Context example:
binomial nomenclature of bacteria
Similar:
onymous (bearing a name)
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