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caconym

noun

  1. name considered ill-suited
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to caco- + -onym or caco- + -nym.

  1. An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.