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naming
latinized
species
linnaeus
taxonomy
binomen
capital letter
binominal
binominal name
organism
abbreviated
binomial
binomial name
epithet
species name
genus
specific
italics
scientific
systematic name
Noun
Definition: The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens