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What is the noun for tautonymies?

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tautonym
  1. (biology) A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.
  2. (linguistics) A word or term made from two identical parts or syllables, such as bonbon or dada.
  3. absolute synonym
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  5. Examples:
    1. “In an attempt to gain acceptance for the use of duplicate binomials, MacMillan proposed the tautonym A. apios.”
      “This would have had the effect of making the name Z. zizyphus a tautonym.”
      “If you will allow any of my spellings, all three pairs, un-hunh unh-unh, un-hun unh-un, and u-huh uh-uh, constitute neat charadeantigrams and two are also tautonym pairs.”
tautonymy
  1. The use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Instead we should look to Speusippus' analysis of tautonymy and heteronymy and bypass eponymy altogether.”
      “Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 is therefore the type species of Castor by Linnaean tautonymy.”
      “The main difference is that the animal code allows tautonymy, while the plant code prohibits it.”
tautonymies
  1. plural of tautonymy
tautonyms
  1. plural of tautonym
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bird names in which the genus and species are identical except for capitalisation are apparently called tautonyms.”
      “These are only obtainable from words which are themselves tautonyms, so are not included here.”
      “Also omitted are tautonyms such as POCKETA-POCKETA, where the two halves are identical.”
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