polyonymous

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pol′ē onə məs)


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pol•y•on•y•mous  (pol′ē onə məs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Linguisticshaving or known by several or many names.
  • Greek polyó̄nymos, equivalent. to poly- poly- + -ōnymos -named, adjective, adjectival derivative of ónyma, ónoma name; see -ous
  • 1670–80
pol′y•ony•my, n. 


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