命めい名めい者しゃ

noun

namer; author of a scientific name

Refers to the person who gives a name, especially in scientific contexts such as taxonomy.

• この植しょく物ぶつの命めい名めい者しゃはリンネです。

  The author of this plant's scientific name is Linnaeus.

• 新しん種しゅの命めい名めい者しゃとして論ろん文ぶんに記き載さいされた。

  He was listed in the paper as the namer of the new species.