- specific epithet
- specific epithet n the Latin or latinized noun or adjective that follows the genus name in a taxonomic binomial
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specific epithet — noun The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals an epithet does not occur (see specific name).… … Wiktionary
specific epithet — see specific name … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
specific epithet — noun Date: 1906 the Latin or latinized noun or adjective that follows the genus name in a taxonomic binomial … New Collegiate Dictionary
specific epithet — noun chiefly Botany & Microbiology the second element in the Latin binomial name of a species, which distinguishes the species from others in the same genus … English new terms dictionary
specific epithet — Second word of a botanical or scientific name. Cf. genus … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
specific epithet — noun : the Latin or latinized noun or adjective that follows and agrees grammatically with the genus name in the name of a taxonomic species called also trivial name … Useful english dictionary
Specific name — In zoological nomenclature, a specific name or specific epithet is the second part (second name) in the name of a species (a binomen). The first part is the name of the genus.Note that in botanical nomenclature, epithet always refers to the… … Wikipedia
epithet — Characterizing term or name. [G. epithetos, added, fr. epi + tithemi, to place] specific e. in bacteriology, the second part of the name of a species; it is not, by itself, a name; the name of a bacterial species consists of two parts, the… … Medical dictionary
epithet — See specific epithet … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
specific name — noun : the binomial name of a taxonomic species consisting of the name of its genus followed by a specific epithet … Useful english dictionary
