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John Doe

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snowbird

I see.

Well, what in the Sam Hill is a homonym?

Desert/desert?

To forsake and a dry, parched, sandy area?

Sylvia

John Doe

Main Entry:: hom·onym
Pronunciation:: \ ' hä-m?- ? nim, ' ho-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Latin homonymum, from Greek homonymon, from neuter of homonymos
Date:: 1697

1 a :homophone b :homograph c : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail) 2 :namesake 3 : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank — compare synonym — hom·onym·ic Listen to the pronunciation of homonymic