common name

English

Noun

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  1. (taxonomyCategory:en:Taxonomy#COMMONNAME) The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public.
    Synonym: vernacular name
    Hypernym: aliasCategory:English links with manual fragments#COMMON%20NAME
    Coordinate terms: scientific name, taxonomic name
    Near-synonym: trivial name
    • 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:
      From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name.
      Category:English terms with quotations#COMMONNAME
  2. (chemistry) A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
    Coordinate terms: trivial name, vernacular name; systematic name
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common,‎ name.

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Category:en:Chemical notation#COMMONNAMECategory:en:Onomastics#COMMONNAME
Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English links with manual fragments Category:English multiword terms Category:English nouns Category:English terms with quotations Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:en:Chemical notation Category:en:Onomastics Category:en:Taxonomy