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  1. In zoology, the technical name of a species or other group, consisting of one or more terms applied conformably with some recognized system of nomenclature. The word onym supplies the desiderata of brevity in writing, euphony in speaking, plastic aptitude for combinations, and exactitude of signification. Coues, The Auk, 1884, p. 321.

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  1. from Greek ὅνυμα, a dial. (Æolic) form (used also in Attic in comp. -ο-ονυμος, -ωνυμος) of ὅνομα, Ionic ου῎νομα, a name: see name.
 

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