English Dictionary

protonym

noun

(zoology, taxonomy) The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.

The protonym is the original name given to a species when it is first described.

意味（1）

(zoology, taxonomy) The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.

The protonym of Macroscyphus appears to be Nees von Esenbeck's (1817) [genus] Peziza ...

意味（2）

(prescriptive, uncommon) The first/original entity after which another entity is named without the entities being related. If the entities are related, then the original entity is the eponym of the subsequent entities.