protonym (English, noun)
expansion: protonym (plural protonyms)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
zoology
glosses: The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.
qualifier: prescriptive
glosses: The first/original entity after which another entity is named without the entities being related. If the entities are related, then the original entity is the eponym of the subsequent entities.
tags: uncommon
Forms:
form: protonyms
tags: plural