/ˌnɒmᵻnə əˈbliːtə/, U.S. /ˌnɑmənə əˈblidə/.nomen oblitumn.
/ˌnəʊmɛn əˈbliːtəm/, /ˌnəʊmən əˈbliːtəm/, U.S. /ˈˌnoʊm(ə)n əˈblid(ə)m//ˌnɒmᵻnə əˈbliːtə/, U.S. /ˌnɑmənə əˈblidə/. Taxonomy.
A Latin name which has been rejected despite being a senior synonym or senior homonym, through having been unused for a period specified in the appropriate code of biological nomenclature.
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1961 Internat. Code Zool. Nomencl. 23 Article 23. Law of Priority... (b) Limitation.—A name that has remained unused as a senior synonym in the primary zoological literature for more than fifty years is to be considered a forgotten name (nomen oblitum).
1984 Systematic Zool. 33 286/1 The first pleurodire species was named in 1765 by Fermin..as ‘Testudo terrestris’ a nomen oblitum currently referred to Chelus (Chelys) fimbriata.
2000 Ann. Soc. Entomol. de France 36 423 Ceroplastes vinsonii Signoret, 1872, is regarded as a nomen oblitum, and therefore becomes a new synonym of Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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