nomen novum

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === nom. nov. === Etymology === From Latin nomen (“name”) and Latin novus (-a, -um) (“new”). === Noun === nomen novum (plural nomina nova) (taxonomy) A new taxonomic name for a biological taxon, renamed because the old name is also that of another taxon or for similar reasons. ==== See also ==== nomen dubium ==== Further reading ==== nomen novum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia