hemihomonym

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hemi- +‎ homonym

Noun[edit]

hemihomonym (plural hemihomonyms)

  1. (taxonomy) A scientific name of an organism that is also used for a different taxon in a different kingdom subject to a different code of nomenclature.
    Chaetopsis in Fungi is a hemihomonym of Chaetopsis in Insecta
    • 2013, Alexey Shipunov, “The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB)”, in Bionomina‎[1]:
      Hemihomonyms (same nomina which are used for taxa from different nomenclature jurisdictions) are an overlooked but genuine nuisance in biological nomenclature.
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