Caconym Definition
kăkə-nĭm
noun
A taxonomic name that is unacceptable for linguistic reasons.
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caconym
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caconymsOrigin of Caconym
From Ancient Greek κακός (kakos, “bad") + ὄνυμα (onuma, “name")
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