| nomenclatress | A female nomenclator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nomenclatural type | The constituent element of a taxon to which the name of the taxon is permanently attached; the type of a species is preferably a strain (in special cases it may be a description, a preserved specimen or preparation, or an illustration); the type of a genus is a species; and the type of an order, family, or tribe is the genus on whose name the name of the higher taxon is based. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nomenclature | <zoology> The description of new taxa or alterations to the concept of previously described taxa which involve changes in the names of taxa. (09 Jan 1998) |
| Nomenklatur Kommission | Committee on Nomenclature of the German Anatomical Society, appointed to revise or supplement the BNA (1895). (05 Mar 2000) |