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Tautonym
A
tautonym
is a
scientific name
of a species in which both parts of the name have the same spelling, for example
Bison bison
. The first part of the name is the name of the genus and the second part is referred to as the
specific epithet
in the
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
and the
specific name
in the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
.
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