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  • noun A name consisting of three terms; a trinomial name in zoölogy or botany; the name of a subspecies in the trinomial system of nomenclature. See trinomial, n., and trinomialism.

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  • trionym – a name consisting of three parts or terms, like Jean Paul Sartre

    July 19, 2008