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リンネ式命名法 (リンネしきめいめいほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

リンネ式しき命めい名めい法ほう

Meanings

1

noun

Linnaean nomenclature

Technical term in biology for the binomial naming system established by Carl Linnaeus.

リンネ式しき命めい名めい法ほうでは、生せい物ぶつの学がく名めいは属ぞく名めいと種しゅ小しょう名めいの二に語ごで表あらわされる。
In Linnaean nomenclature, the scientific name of an organism is expressed in two words: the genus name and the specific epithet.

Kanji

式style, ceremony, rite
命fate, command, decree
名name, noted, distinguished
法

method, law, rule

Similar words

学がく名めい
学名 is the scientific name itself, while リンネ式命名法 is the naming system.
二に名めい法ほう
二名法 is a more general term for binomial nomenclature; リンネ式命名法 specifically refers to the Linnaean system.

Etymology

Compound of リンネ (Linnaeus), 式 (style/system), and 命名法 (nomenclature).