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Meanings of generic name in English

Russian
тривиальные названия
Portuguese
nome trivial
Catalan
nom trivial
Spanish
nombre trivial

Nonsystematic name for a chemical substance, generic trivial name used to name some item, name an object, etc.

тривиальные названия
Spanish
nombre trivial

Generic name used to name an item, name an object, etc.

nombre trivial
Usage of generic name in English
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Society people is the generic name used for them in the newspapers.
Unleavened Bread
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An earlier version said that Daraprim was the generic name for pyrimethamine.
The Guardian
3
In the fishery, they usually go by the generic name of Gay-Headers.
Moby Dick
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Bacteria are commonly given a generic name based upon their microscopic appearance.
The Story of Germ Life
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The drug is a once-a-day pill, and its generic name is lapatinib.
Reuters
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They were frequently known by the generic name of the Iroquois.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
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Some naturalists of the day, however, place all under the generic name Macacus.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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The generic name for the highest officer of a college in the English Universities.
A Collection of College Words and Customs
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All five are known to us in ethnography under the generic name of Hindus.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
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This appeared to be her generic name for the vita.
A Traveller in War-Time
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We have adopted Ramon and Rosita as a generic name for all night-club entertainers.
The new yorker
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The highest generic name for a learned man or doctor was "ollamh."
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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Touareg is a generic name for a large number of tribes descended from the Berbers.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
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It is made by Roche Holdings AG and Gilead Sciences under the generic name oseltamivir.
Reuters
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And in much of the world, the generic name for a ballpoint pen is biro.
Wired
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To this generic name a specific name is commonly added, based upon some physiological character.
The Story of Germ Life
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Translations for generic name
Portuguese
nome trivial
Generic name through the time
Generic name across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common