noun
Obsolete biological term for different names referring to the same organism or taxon. Replaced by modern taxonomic terminology.
See also: 異名
同物異名は、同じ生物に複数の学名がつけられた状態を指す古い用語である。
Dōbutsu imei is an old term for when multiple scientific names are given to the same organism.
異名 (sense 2) is a more general term for an alias or different name, not limited to biology.
Compound of 同物 (same thing) and 異名 (different name). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now obsolete in modern biology.