tautonym

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.