taxonomic name

English

Noun

taxonomic name (plural taxonomic names)

1. (biology) A name, Latin in form, used to identify, in principle unambiguously, an organism (or group of organisms), formerly usually based solely on shared morphological feature, now usually on hypothesized common evolutionary descent.

   Synonym: scientific name

See also

• systematic name
• common name
• vernacular name
• binomial name
• trivial name
• common or garden

References

• Taxonomy (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “taxonomic name”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.