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trivial name

noun

Definitions

  1. A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many…

    A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.

  2. A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name).

  3. A commonly used, non-systematic name for an organism.

    • Trivial names such as "worm", "shrimp", "fish", "toad", "cobra", "vulture", and "mahogany", though convenient and popular, do not refer to any systematically-defined biological groupings of organisms.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A specific epithet.

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No curated loop yet for trivial name. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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