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nomenclatural en · ADJ

Etymology

From nomenclature + -al.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to nomenclature.
    • In any case, Feinsilver’s nomenclatural suggestions and fine distinctions did not enjoy widespread adoption. 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 8:
    • To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix:

Forms

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Deriveds

nomenclaturally · nomenclaturalist · nomenclatural synonym