polyonomy

Polyonomy

Pol`y*on"o*my\, n. [Cf. Gr. ? a multitude of names.] The use of a variety of names for the same object. --G. S. Faber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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