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...

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

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

(/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...

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...

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

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...

species, as A. ergatica is a junior synonym and A. punctella a junior homonym. By linking the specimens to type material through morphology and DNA barcoding...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

way but which have different lexical meanings. Paronyms contrast with homonyms, which are words with different meaning having the same pronunciation or...

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

angulosum Lour. 1790, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium argyi H.Lév. Allium chinense Maxim 1859, illegitimate homonym not G.Don 1827 Allium clarkei Hook...

Incidents of the Civil War, a 1989 book by the son of Adolph A. Hoehling (homonym.) Damn the Torpedoes, a 1990 book by Paul Hellyer Damn the Torpedoes, a...

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...

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...

country today. When Rotten sings "I use the enemy", it's a deliberate homonym for "I use the NME", or New Musical Express, the British weekly music newspaper...

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...

Erasmia, "The terms Albanoi and Arvanitai and the first mention of the homonym people of the Balkans in the 11th century sources", Balkanika Symmikta...