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Binomial nomenclature
Meaning
Noun
●
In Taxonomy:
The
scientific
system of
naming
each
species
of
organism
with a Latinized
name
in two
parts
; the first is the
genus
, and is
written
with an
initial
capital letter
; the second is some
specific epithet
that
distinguishes
the
species
within the
genus
. By
convention
, the whole
name
is
typeset
in
italics
. The
genus
part is often
abbreviated
to its
initial
letter
e.g. H.
sapiens
for Homo
sapiens
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