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nomenclatory en · ADJ

Etymology

From nomenclator + -y.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to nomenclature.
    • As to the name, there is no reason to change it; Scalpellidae was already used by Pilsbry in 1907, and the generic name Pollicipes must be dropped, according to the nomenclatory rules, so that nothing is gained by the change proposed by Annandale. 1917, Theodor Mortensen, Observations on Protective Adaptations and Habits, Mainly in Marine Animals:
    • Every conceptual act is so immediately followed as to seem accompanied by a nomenclatory one. 1883, William Dwight Whitney, The Life and Growth of Language, page 139:

Deriveds

nomenclatorially · nomenclatorial