Coues defines synonymy as "a burden and a disgrace to science.
We may illustrate these changes and the burden of synonymy as well by a concrete example.
The figures of the striped bass illustrate a noteworthy paper on "The Synonymy of the Fish Skeleton," published by the Washington Academy of Sciences in 1901.
Synonymy is the record of the names applied at different times to the same group or species.
In explanation of certain of these categories it should be said that in the synonymy no attempt is made to list every published reference to the subspecies concerned.
I have here given the synonymy of this bird, as it has now been generally accepted by Seebohm, Sharpe, and others.
The synonymy of this form is somewhat confused, but I think it is clear that huttonii of Owen is its proper name.
An examination of the synonymy of the species of Fragilaria will convince the student of the difficulty of determining the correct name even in well-known forms.
For explanation of thesynonymy see "Biddulphoid Forms of N.
The variety, as the synonymy shows, has been grown under many names both in America and Europe.
The synonymy for each subspecies includes first a citation to the earliest available name then one citation to each name combination that has been applied to the subspecies and, finally, any other especially important references.
Their characters are singularly constant, as their limited synonymy and total lack of varietal names attest.
Synonymy serves a like purpose, but synonyms not conveying useful information are omitted, Roezl's list of Mexican species, for instance, and variations in the orthography of specific names.
All copied descriptions and parts of descriptions are inclosed in quotation marks followed by the authors' names; the exact reference in each case will be found in the synonymy of the species described.
In the Hand-List Sharpe restricts the distribution of the Javan cyornis to Java, although in the Catalogue of Birds he places in the synonymy of Siphia banyumas, the male collected in Palawan by Everett.
The synonymy of some of the more noticeable species affords a very interesting epitome of the history of scientific thought in this particular field of investigation.
Since the specific distinctions are purely microscopic, the synonymy beyond Rostafinski is mainly conjectural.
This being a decisive specific character thesynonymy prior to Rostafinski is somewhat uncertain.
European nomenclature, in the present instance, almost disappears, and we return to our synonymy from this side of the sea.
It seems unnecessary to quote the synonymy further here.
As indicated above, this was originally entered as of the genus Leocarpus; the taxonomic history of the form may interest readers who note with surprise the presentation in synonymy here developed.
The synonymy above cited shows how this species has impressed careful students.
Mallery, in that portion of the work of the Indian synonymy relating to the Algonquian and Iroquoian families.
Each synonymy includes all generic and specific combinations known to me that have been used for the genus, and, in addition, references to catalogues, checklists, and reports of collections.
As can be seen from the synonymy of the species, the relationship of this specimen with the rest of the genus has been interpreted in several ways.
The synonymy of the last species is unfortunately obscure, and I have not succeeded in repeating the experiment.
As to the synonymy and references see Coutagne, p.
Synonyms used by certain authors whose work we have quoted are given in brackets under the respective species; the synonymy is supported by the reference citation that follows each synonym.
A discussion of synonymy in the nomenclature of certain insect flagellates, with the description of a new flagellate from the larvae of Ligyrodes relictus Say (Coleoptera-Scarabaeidae).
Krombein (personal communication, 1956) has commented upon this synonymy as follows: Ampulex siberica Sauss.
III and extensor proprius digiti III (see Holmes, 1962), although Fisher's synonymyis in error here.
I have not attempted to give a detailed synonymy of this common species.
The work upon a synonymy of the Indian tribes of North America, which has been mentioned to some extent in former reports, has been continued with increased energy.
The classification of the languages of the North American Indians is closely connected with the synonymy of tribal names, each work assisting the other.
The synonymy of the garter snakes (Thamnophis), with notes on Mexican and Central American species.
An archaic form of orthography, noted in thesynonymy (pp.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "synonymy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
