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homonym
1 a: homophone b: homograph c: one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)2: namesake3: a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank — compare synonym
— hom·onym·ic
 \ˌhä-mə-ˈni-mik, ˌhō-\ adjective
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