scientific name

Scientific  

/ sī′ən-tĭf′ĭk /

1. A name used by scientists, especially the taxonomic name of an organism that consists of the genus and species. Scientific names usually come from Latin or Greek. An example is Homo sapiens, the scientific name for humans.

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Example Sentences

The scientific name proposed for the new Nullarbor species is Bettongia haoucharae.

From Science Daily

Eventually the arm were identified as belonging to a seven-arm octopus, which has the scientific name Haliphron atlanticus.

From BBC

It’s not like the thing has a name tag, accompanied by a scientific name for its—his?—species.

From Literature

The scientific name for the giant panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca.

From Literature

If the preceding description wasn't enough, the screwworm's scientific name, Cochliomyia hominivorax, hints at how much we really, truly don't want it back — hominivorax translates as "man-eater," and refers to observations of a 1858 screwworm outbreak among prisoners on Devil’s Island in French Guiana.

From Salon