Term: tautonym
Literally meaning: “the same name”
Origin: Anc Greek
το ἀυτόν, τἀυτόν/tauton(=to self)
+ὄνομα/ onoma (=name) > νέμω/nemo (=distribute)
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Definition
1. (biology): Tautonym is an informal term to indicate a scientific name of a species in which the generic name of the genus and the second part have the same spelling eg: Gorilla gorilla .
2. words that are double strings such as words mama and papa.
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