"zoonym" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zoonyms [plural]
Etymology: zoo- + -onym Etymology templates: {{confix|en|zoo|onym}} zoo- + -onym Head templates: {{en-noun}} zoonym (plural zoonyms)
  1. (linguistics) The common name for a (species of) animal Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (common name for an animal): zoonyme [masculine] (French), zoonymo (Interlingua), zoonimo [masculine] (Italian), zoonim [masculine] (Polish), zoônimo [masculine] (Portuguese), зооним (zoonim) [masculine] (Russian), zoonimo [masculine] (Spanish), зоонім (zoonim) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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