n.
Pronunciation: ' hä-m ə - ˌ nim, ' h ō -
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek hom ō nymon, from neuter of hom ō nymos
Date: 1697
1 a : HOMOPHONE b : HOMOGRAPH c : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail )
2 : NAMESAKE
3 : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank ― compare SYNONYM
– hom · onym · ic \ ˌ hä-m ə - ' ni-mik, ˌ h ō - \ adjective