Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
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Examples
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Then Race, jumping to the hom - onym, meaning subspecies, and the synonym Color, and on to Hue-was this leading to Spirit?
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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I mention - Onyms in the title to this post because there are a number of kinds of words, usually ending in "onym" that can make keyword research more interesting, and more rewarding.
SEO by the Sea Bill Slawski 2010
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I mention - Onyms in the title to this post because there are a number of kinds of words, usually ending in "onym" that can make keyword research more interesting, and more rewarding.
SEO by the Sea 2010
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So here I sit, accused of killing your pseud- onym.
Self-Destruction, Vol. 1 James Greer 2011
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It is only fitting then that we add our own version to this list: how about poke-yourself-in-the-eye-onym?
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Self-contradictory words 2006
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The suffix - onym in English means "name" or "word," and you'll find it at the end of a number of words that describe other words.
SEO by the Sea 2010
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The suffix - onym in English means "name" or "word," and you'll find it at the end of a number of words that describe other words.
SEO by the Sea Bill Slawski 2010
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"Anna Sam", as you might guess, is a pseud - onym, the handle of a French blogger who decided to put her years behind the till to good use on a website describing the day-to - day experience of supermarket workers in all its tedious glory.
Anarkismo.net IAR 2010
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Besides, better to stay with the - onym ending and call such words neonyms, using the combining form "neo -"
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English already has several well known - onym words
mialuthien commented on the word onym
onym – a proposed term or a technical name, as of a species or other group in zoology, etc., forming part of a recognised nomenclature
July 19, 2008