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Definition of Caconyms
1. caconym [n] - See also: caconym
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caconyms
Literary usage of Caconyms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"caconyms. This necessity of some provision for the more definite limitation of
taxonomie literature on the sides of Latinity, ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1903)
"This will dispose of all so-called '' caconyms'' and result in a much purer and
more effective nomenclature. Some of his recommendations seem to the ..."
3. Diseases of Man: Data of Their Nomenclature, Classification & Genesis by John William Severin Gouley (1888)
"... synonyms, or caconyms, as the case may be. The names of men applied to diseases
are extremely objectionable, convey no idea of the nature of these ..."
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