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toponym

In taxonomy, a scientific name derived from a place, region, or other locality.

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derived
Used in phylogenetics in reference to a character or character state not present in the ancestral form of a species; apomorphic.
scientific name
Formal binomial or trinomial name of a species used in zoological nomenclature.
taxoomy
Classification of organisms into groups in an ordered system based on natural relationships; the practice of arranging organisms in this fashion; carrying out classification.

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