In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs—words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones—words that...

In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International...

inval.; a rejected name is a nomen rejiciendum or nom. rej.; a later homonym of a validly published name is a nomen illegitimum or nom. illeg.; for...

to only one species. If a name is used more than once, it is called a homonym. Stability. Although stability is far from absolute, the procedures associated...

Erin Kelly may refer to: Erin Kelly (actress) (born 1981), American actress Erin Kelly (author) (born 1976), British journalist Erin Entrada Kelly, Filipino-American...

beetles Edusa Gistel, 1848, illegitimate homonym for a genus of tunicates Edusa Albers, 1860, illegitimate homonym and synonym of Mesomphix, a genus of gastropods...

(/həˈmɒfənəs/). Homophones that are spelled the same are deemed both homographs and homonyms, e.g. the word read, as in "He is well read" (he is very learned) vs. the...

Taklamakania is a genus of asaphid trilobites of the family Raphiophoridae that lived during the late Caradoc of Inner Mongolia, China. Like all raphiophorids...

Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order. A family name (normally patrilineal, although matrilineality...

1871 (= homonym Salacia Hübner, 1823; = Heteroscada Schatz, 1886) Sais Hübner, 1816 Forbestra Fox, 1967 Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807 (= homonym Nereis Hübner...

legally named Shauna Lamas, and new bride Shawna, whose given name is a homonym and almost identical to that of Shauna, did not wish to have a virtually...

An alpha privative or, rarely, privative a (from Latin alpha prīvātīvum, from Ancient Greek α στερητικόν) is the prefix a- or an- (before vowels) that...

like the Bauhaus diary, and is a play on the English homonym 'deform' and on the French homonym 'difforme' (deformed). Die Form is the primary project...

explicitly defined by the Code as being homonyms. Otherwise the one-letter difference rule applies. In species, primary homonyms are those with the same genus and...

Echidna Cuvier, 1797, a junior homonym referring to the mammals commonly known as echidnas Echidna Merrem, 1820, junior homonym for a genus of African snakes...

senses) in the same entry (that is, under the same headword) and enter homonyms as separate headwords (usually with a numbering convention such as ¹bear...

Baker 1874, illegitimate homonym not G. Don 1827 Allium martini H.Lév. & Vaniot Allium splendens Miq. 1867, illegitimate homonym not Willd. 1830 Caloscordum...

species, or uninomial for other ranks). The name must be unique (i.e. not a homonym). The description must be based on at least one name-bearing type specimen...

A homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings. Thus homonyms are...

Hydrophytum Eschw. Seriphidium (Besser ex Less.) Fourr. Dracunculus Ruppr. ex Ledeb. 1845, illegitimate homonym, not Dracunculus Mill. 1754 (Araceae)...

two most frequent combinations orthographically required to distinguish homonyms in Bulgarian and Macedonian: Ѐ, Ѝ; a few Old and New Church Slavonic combinations:...

is, "forest"). Another likely homonym is the Italian Guido from a latinate root for "guide". The third likely homonym is the Italian Guido with phonetic...

Ayla is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish the name Ayla is commonly said to mean "halo of light around the moon". Ayla is usually used as...

Kobayashi JK business, compensated dating with adolescent girls in Japan A homonym (Japanese: 女子校生, joshi kōsei, which can mean "girl student") that is used...

be the first-published name; any later name with the same spelling (a homonym) is typically barred from being used. The principles of priority and the...

Portales. Based in the village of Arriete-Ciego Montero, it produces the homonym water and soft drinks (refrescos) as the Gaseosa or the tuKola. Production...

Walter Redfern summarized this type with his statement, "To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms." For example, in George Carlin's phrase "atheism is a non-prophet...

De Witt (also: De Wit, De Witte and De With) is the name of an old Dutch patrician and regenten family. Originally from Dordrecht, the genealogy of the...

The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis. The genus Coenobita contains 17 species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Several...

to his birthday (October 04, or 1004; Korean: 천사; RR: cheonsa) being a homonym in Korean for angel [ko], alongside his "angelic appearance". Jeonghan...