homonym
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I should know—I saw Ed Wood: Caesar’s Sands at the Homonym just last week.
From Slate • May 1, 2019
And that is why you never go to the movies at the Homonym on Wilshire.
From Slate • May 1, 2019
Homonym: a name similar to or like another already used for a species in the same genus, or for a genus in the same kingdom: such names are paid to be preoccupied.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Homonym, hom′o-nim, n. a word having the same sound as another, but a different meaning.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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