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
From .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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