Specific name

Specific name may refer to:

  • in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database

In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:

  • Specific name (botany), the two-part (binomial) name of a plant species
  • Specific name (zoology), the second part (the species epithet) of the name of an animal species
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