ternary name
English
Noun
ternary name (plural ternary names)
- (taxonomy, zoology) A scientific name at the rank of subspecies: an expansion of a binomial name (a genus and a species) combined with the name of the subspecies; for example Homo sapiens sapiens.
Synonyms
- three-part name
- trinomen
See also
- autonym
- forma, form, f.
- infraspecies
- infraspecific
- infraspecific epithet
- infraspecific name (botany)
- infraspecific taxon
- subforma, subform, subf.
- subspecies, subsp., ssp.
- subspecific epithet
- subspecific name
- subvarietas, subvariety, subvar.
- varietas, variety, var.