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  2. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  3. List of minerals (synonyms) - Wikipedia

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    N – published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC. I – intermediate member of a solid-solution series. H – hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, etc.) ch – incomplete description, hypothetical solid solution end member. group – a name used to designate a group of species, sometimes only a mineral group name. no – no link ...

  4. Synonym (taxonomy) - Wikipedia

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    In botany, although a synonym must be a formally accepted scientific name (a validly published name): a listing of "synonyms", a "synonymy", often contains designations that for some reason did not make it as a formal name, such as manuscript names, or even misidentifications (although it is now the usual practice to list misidentifications ...

  5. Lexical lists - Wikipedia

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    AN.ŠÁR = Anu, a single-tablet synonym list of deities of Neo-Assyrian origin, a later continuation of An = Anum, designated tablet IX. [12] An-ta-gál = šaqû, an Assyrian word list giving synonyms and antonyms on ten tablets [5] [MSL XVII [p 12]] Assyrian Temple List, extant in copies from Nineveh and Assur [p 13] Babylonian Temple List [p 13]

  6. Lists of English words - Wikipedia

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    List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z

  7. List of fish common names - Wikipedia

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    Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.

  8. List of dyes - Wikipedia

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    Common name Synonyms C.I. generic name C.I. number Class CAS number Acid Black 52 Acid Black 52 15711 azo 5610-64-0: Acid Blue AS Weak Acid Blue Acid Blue 25: 62055 anthraquinone: 6408-78-2: Acid fuchsin: Acid Magenta Acid Rubin Acid Violet 19 42685 triarylmethane: 3244-88-0: Acid orange 3 Acid orange 3 10385 nitro 6373-74-6: Acid orange 19 ...

  9. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...