nomen ambiguum

Noun

Meaning

nomen ambiguum (plural nomina ambigua)

(taxonomy) A name which has lost the ability to clearly identify a species because it has regularly been used by different authors to identify different species.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

nomen acti nomen actionis nomen agentis nomen appellativum nomen concretum nomen confusum