Latin-name Definition

noun

The formal Latin or Latinized name of a biological taxon according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a species or subspecific taxon.

Panthera leo is the Latin name for the lion.
Fagaceae is the Latin name for the oak family.
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Binomial name, trinomial name.
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Noun

Singular:
latin-name
Plural:
latin-names

Latin-name Sentence Examples

  • The Greek and Latin name was first used of the hermits, but was early widened to embrace the coenobites.

  • Segesvar was founded by Saxon colonists at the end of the r 2th century; its Latin name was Castrum Sex.

  • Linnaeus adopted Ray's conception of species, but he made species a practical reality by insisting that every species shall have a double Latin name - the first half to be the name of the genus common to several species, and the second half to be the specific name.

  • The Latin name of Sicum is adopted in public inscriptions; but the city cannot be identified with the Roman colony of Sicum, which was probably situated farther south.

  • The origin of the Latin name secale, which exists in a modified form among the Basques and Bretons, is not explained.

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LLALAT

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EMEAME

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