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Nomenclature

A system of applying a scientific name to each organism or group of them. Only one system is used in scientific work, using binomial nomenclature for naming species and trinomial nomenclature for subspecies.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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