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International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 270 words | Copyright

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN)
1. The regulations governing the scientific naming of animals.

2. The international authority that draws up those regulations and that supervises their application.

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