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title: "-onym"
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chunk: 4/4
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-onym"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T07:36:53.225045+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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tautonym: a binomial or scientific name in the taxonomy of living things in which the generic and specific names are the same, such as Gorilla gorilla; a scientific name in which the specific name is repeated, such as Homo sapiens sapiens as distinct from Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; a noun component that is repeated, such as aye-aye or tom-tom; a personal name where both forename and surname are identical, such as Francis Francis
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taxonym: a name used for classification or identification purposes, usually signifying a relationship to something. Taxonyms include binomens, names of clades or taxas, demonyms, ethnonyms, and eponyms. Examples include canine, hominid, and Dryad. teknonym: a name that refers to a parent by the name of one of their children. textonym: a word that is generated by a single sequence of numerals keyed in to a mobile telephone; for example, 726 produces pam, ram, sam, and ran. Also called homonumeric words. theonym: a name of a god or a goddess. The names societies give their gods at times is useful in understanding the origin of their language as well as their view of a particular deity. Analysis of theonyms has been useful in understanding the connections of Indo-European languages, and possibly their religions, in particular. In Abrahamic faiths the origin and meaning of the Tetragrammaton is sometimes deemed to have important historical or even metaphysical meaning. theronym: a name — especially a product name — that has been derived from the name of an animal. topoanthroponym: an anthroponym that is derived from a toponym. topoethnonym: an ethnonym that is derived from a toponym. toponym: a place or geographical name; the name of an area of the body, as distinguished from the name of an organ
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troponym: a verb conveying a meaning that is a particular case of the meaning of another verb. For example, to duel is a troponym of to fight; to write is a troponym of to communicate; etc. The concept of troponym is to verbs as that of hyponym is to nouns. urbanonym: a name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities. zoonym: a name of an animal.
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== References ==
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=== Citations ===
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=== Sources ===
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== Further reading ==
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Brown, A. F. (1963). Normal and Reverse English Word List. Vol. 1–8. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.
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Herbst, Richard C. (1979). Herbst's Backword Dictionary for Puzzled People. New York: Alamo Publishing Company.
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Lehnert, Martin (1971). Reverse Dictionary of Present-Day English. Leipzig: Verlag Enzyklopädie.
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Laurence Urdang, ed. (1981). -Ologies & -Isms: A Thematic Dictionary (2nd ed.). Detroit: Gale Research Company.
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== External links ==
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Words That End In nym : Words That End With nym
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Nym Words
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Onyms |