nomen

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Each individual has his prænomen, nomen, and cognomen, carefully indicated, together with the names of his father, tribe, and country.

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  1. A name; specifically, a name distinguishing the gens or clan, being the middle one of the three names generally borne by an ancient Roman of good birth: as, Caius Julius Cæsar, of the gens of the Julii; Marcus Tullius Cicero, of the gens of the Tullii. See name. In natural history nomen has specific uses: The technical name of any organism—that is, the name which is tenable according to recognized laws of zoölogical and botanical nomenclature; an onym. (See onym.) Any word which enters into the usual binomial designation of a species of animals or plants; a generic or specific name. In the Linnean nomenclature, the basis of the present systematic nomenclature in zoology and botany, nomina were distinguished as the nomen genericum, and the nomen triviale.
  2. Nomen genericum the generic name. See genus.
  3. Nomen nudum a bare or mere name, unaccompanied by any description, and therefore not entitled to recognition.

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