trivial name
Americannoun
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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
Hence the trivial name by which this species is known to the hunters.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne
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 Harvey, William
This is the earliest trivial name now associated with Osteocephalus.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
The trivial name of Dix would be the instrument wherewith the deliverance of Emmy from the House of Bondage should be effected.
From Septimus by Locke, William John
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