Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A taxonomic name that is unacceptable for linguistic reasons.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bad name for anything; a name which is in any way undesirable or objectionable.

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

  • noun An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek, meaning "bad name".

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  • Bad or wrongly derived name.

    May 16, 2008

  • A misnomer.

    July 19, 2008