appellative

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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Hence appellative words bearing any affinity with the names of the deceased are presently abolished.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

And it is certain that all proper or individual names have been originally appellative or general.”

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

In referring to the root ark, erk, I have omitted the Ir. earc, water, the appellative most nearly concerned.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert