Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as binomial, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology, taxonomy consisting of two names
  • adjective biology, taxonomy pertaining to the noun binomen
  • adjective biology, taxonomy pertaining to the nomenclature system for the rank of species in biological taxonomy
  • noun biology, taxonomy a scientific name, at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies

Etymologies

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Latin binōminis (having two names)

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