Common name
Name generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)
Common name
In biology, a common name is a name of a taxon or organism that is based on the normal language of everyday life. It may happen that the same name is used for different organisms in different regions ("robin" is used for several unrelated species of birds), or that the same organism is referred to by different names (cougar, puma, mountain lion, panther); and different languages use different names (cat, gato, chat, 貓...) Many, but not all, organisms have a common name. Organisms—viruses, bacteria, plants, animals, etc.—are also given unique Latin-based scientific names, usually unrelated to the common name; for example the European robin is referred to as Erithacus rubecula in all languages. In chemistry, IUPAC defines a common name as one that, although it unambiguously defines a chemical, does not follow the current systematic naming convention, such as acetone, systematically 2-propanone, while a vernacular name describes one used in a lab, trade or industry that does not unambiguously...
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