Usually means: Incorrect or inappropriate name choice.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (caconym)

▸ noun:  An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.

Similar:
caconymy, econym, cacoepy, caenobium, concostracan, cognomen, canephor, cacotrophia, cacoëpy, cinamons, more...

Opposite:
euphony, mellifluousness, harmony

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Similar:
caconymy, econym, cacoepy, caenobium, concostracan, cognomen, canephor, cacotrophia, cacoëpy, cinamons, more...

Opposite:
euphony, mellifluousness, harmony



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