— tautonymic, tautonymous /taw ton"euh meuhs/ , adj. — tautonymy , n.
/taw"teuh nim/ , n. Biol.
a scientific name in which the generic and the specific names are the same, as Chloris chloris (the greenfinch).
[ 1895-1900; tautónymos of the same name, equiv. to tauto- TAUTO- + -onymos named; see -ONYM ]