"poecilonym" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1997, David Grambs, The Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words, page xi",
          "text": "Maybe we could all use a few spanking old poecilonyms. Poecilonym? It's an old synonym for synonym that you'll find in these pages. But many words in this dictionary have no real counterparts in today's English.",
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          "ref": "1999 July 27, Ucalegon, “Missing aircraft”, in alt.anagrams (Usenet)",
          "text": ">> Is there another word for synonym?\n>Actually, there is: poecilonym\nTake care, though; ‘poecilonym’ can only be used for the taxonomic meaning of ‘synonym’--an incorrect or obsolete systematic name for a genus or species.",
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          "text": "It's high time I looked for another job and got as far away from homonyms, synonyms, antonyms — to say nothing of caconyms, eponyms, and poecilonyms!",
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