In
biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming
species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system. The essence of is that each species name is in (modern scientific)
Latin and has two parts, so that it is also sometimes popularly known as the "Latin name" of the species, although this terminology is frowned upon by
biologists and
philologists, who prefer the phrase scientific name.
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