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nomen dubium

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nomen dubium

Summary

nomen dubium is a nomenclatural term[1]. It draws 228 Wikipedia views per month (nomenclatural_term category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • nomen dubium's instance of is recorded as nomenclatural term[3].
  • nomen dubium's subclass of is recorded as validly published name[4].
  • nomen dubium's Commons category is recorded as Nomina dubia[5].
  • nomen dubium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/075nyd[6].
  • nomen dubium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nomina dubia[7].
  • nomen dubium's Fandom article ID is recorded as dinopedia:Nomen_dubium[8].
  • nomen dubium's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780651437[9].
  • nomen dubium's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780651437[10].

Why It Matters

nomen dubium draws 228 Wikipedia views per month (nomenclatural_term category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). nomen dubium. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nomen-dubium
MLA “nomen dubium.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nomen-dubium.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nomen-dubium_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{nomen dubium}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nomen-dubium}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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