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homonyms

noun

Meaning

  1. (strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
  2. A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
  3. A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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