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Meanings of trivial 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
        Synonyms
        Examples for "generic name"
        Examples for "generic name"
        1
        Society people is the generic name used for them in the newspapers.
        Unleavened Bread
        2
        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
        4
        Bacteria are commonly given a generic name based upon their microscopic appearance.
        The Story of Germ Life
        5
        The drug is a once-a-day pill, and its generic name is lapatinib.
        Reuters
        1
        The pouch has given Impatiens glandulifera one English common name, policeman's helmet.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Despite his relatively common name, Matthew Harrison was easy to track down.
        The Silent Sister
        3
        It was a common name, so I'd never thought of Ryan's partner.
        Fatal Voyage
        4
        Barlow was a fairly common name, and Manhattan was a big place.
        All the pretty dead girls
        5
        You will no doubt wonder why it carries such a common name.
        Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
        1
        The once popular name has copped a bad rap in recent years.
        News.com.au
        2
        I mentioned before that Milo's become a very popular name, I'm told.
        The new yorker
        3
        This was the popular name by which the frigate Constitution was known.
        The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete
        4
        We will call him, then, by his popular name, Mr Wilder- arover
        The Red Rover: A Tale
        5
        Jeffie was a popular name in France about 100 years ago.
        Radio NZ
        Usage of trivial name in English
        1
        Hence the trivial name by which this species is known to the hunters.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        2
        These have received trivial names, though it is believed that they are only varieties, as mentioned above.
        Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for...
        3
        Before her sister, aunt, stepmother, she made light of him, calling him a simpleton, a chit, and who knows what trivial names?
        The Virginians
        4
        Two pure compounds were isolated, and these have been chemically characterized and given the trivial names fumonisin B1 and B2.
        Pubmed