Definitions For Tautonymous

Adjective

(not comparable) Describes a word that is a tautonym. journal=The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, volume=XV, year=1916, location=Melbourne, page=66, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8sgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA66&dq=tautonymous&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6s6bHs7KJAxVtg4kEHfH9NIIQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=tautonymous&f=false, text=Again is Acanthis linaria linaria (Acanthis l. linaria) more cumbersome than Acanthis linaria holboelli? At least, the tautonymous name is more easily remembered and written. title=Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information, author=Francisco W. Welter-Schultes, publisher=GBIF, month=June, year=2012, page=22, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=31djiqi0qNoC&pg=PA22&dq=tautonymous&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv0rO-uLKJAxXFGtAFHcAhG8w4ChDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=tautonymous&f=false, text=Tautonymous names with identical genus and species are allowed and wellcome in zoology.,

Etymology

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Is Tautonymous a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Tautonymous is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

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