Definition of Tautonymy

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Medical Definition of Tautonymy

1. One and the same name applied both to a genus and to an included species for example Bison bison. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tautonymy

tautomeric fibres
tautomerism
tautomerisms
tautomerization
tautomerizations
tautomerize
tautomerized
tautomerizes
tautomerizing
tautomers
tautomorphemic
tautomycin
tautonym
tautonymies
tautonyms
tautonymy (current term)
tautophonical
tautophonies
tautophony
tautosyllabic
tautozonal
tauts
tav
tava
tavah
tavahs
tavas
taver
tavered
tavering

Literary usage of Tautonymy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Determination of Generic Types: And a List of Roundworm Genera, with by Charles Wardell Stiles, Albert Hassall, United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1905)
"... CASES OF TYPE BY ABSOLUTE tautonymy. The following cases, mentioned in this paper, may be taken as examples of "type by absolute ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"Type, by tautonymy, Felis con- color Linné ( = Felis puma Molina). III. ... thus rendering the type of Pardalis, by tautonymy, Felis pardalis Linné. ..."

3. Bulletin by Bureau of Animal Industry, United States, United States Bureau of Animal Industry, New Hampshire Forestry and Recreation Commission (1905)
"As instance» in which "type by virtual tautonymy" seems to be strongly contraindicated, the following may be mentioned: Dipetalonema Diesing, 1861a. ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Tringa calidris, arenaria ua" The Tringa calidris here mentioned should by tautonymy be considered the type of Calidris [Anonymous], although the other ..."

5. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"... however, by tautonymy Bos ... Griffith's Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, V, p. 371. (Subgenus of Boi.) Type by tautonymy, Bo» ..."

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