trivial name
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trivial names
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the common name used in everyday language to refer to an organism or to a chemical element or compound, such as dog for Canis familiaris or vinegar for acetic acid.
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Biology. specific epithet.
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A common or vernacular name as distinguished from a scientific name, as chimpanzee for Pan troglodytes.
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A common, historic, or convenient name for a substance. The trivial name is often derived from the source in which the substance was discovered. It is not systematic and is not used in modern official nomenclature. Sucrose is the trivial name for β - D -fructofuranosyl- α - D -glucopyranoside.
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Speaking on his first visit to Wales since his appointment, he said he had been in the post ten days and would not submit to "trivial" name tests.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2015
The trivial name is taken from the last line, "His throne overstretcheth Heaven and Earth and to Him their preservation is no burden for He is the most Highest, the Supreme."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Others bark like 'toy-dogs,' while still other kinds utter a whistling noise, from which one species derives its trivial name of 'whistler' among the traders, and is the 'siffleur' of the Canadian voyageurs.
From Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid
The Nilghiri Laughing-Thrush breeds, according to my many informants, throughout the more elevated portions of the mountains from which it derives its trivial name, from February to the beginning of June.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
It is black, but with a buff snout, and buff rings round the eyes, which give it that appearance whence it derives its trivial name.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey
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