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