Definition of Specific name
(Nat. Hist.)
the
name
which
,
appended
to
the
name
of
the
genus
,
constitutes
the
distinctive
name
of
the
species
; -
originally
applied
by
Linnæus
to
the
essential
character
of
the
species
,
or
the
essential difference
.
The
present
specific name
he
at
first
called
the
trivial name
.
- Wharton.
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