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  1. n. A name having two parts.
  2. n. A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

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  • mollusque In taxonomy, the two-word combination of a generic name and specific name to make a species name. Homo sapiens is a binomen. Binominal names are italicized since they are considered to be Latin. Nov 2, 2007

‘binomen’ has been looked up 283 times, added to 2 lists, commented on 1 time, and is not a valid Scrabble word.