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In zoological nomenclature, a specific name is the second part (second name) in the name of a species (a binomen). The first part is the name of the genus. Example: The scientific name for man is Homo sapiens, which is the species name, consisting of two names: Homo is the "generic name" (the name of the genus) and sapiens the "specific name".
Grammar Grammatically, a binomen (and trinomen) must be treated as a Latin sentence, which gives some justification to the popular usage of the phrase "Latin name" for the more correct "scientific name". Grammatically (in Latin grammar), the specific name can be: The same applies to a subspecific name. In zoological nomenclature, a subspecies will have a trinomen, consisting of three names: the third part is the "subspecific name". | ||||||||
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