| TAXA | Order, family, genus and species, e.g. |
| EXTINCT | Wiped out species, eg hula or moa (7) |
| PRAESTANS | Species eg of tulip 'Fusilier' meaning superior - aren't saps, anyway (9) |
| TRINOMEN | Genus and species epithet |
| NEOLATIN | Genus-and-species language |
| TRINOMIALNAME | Genus and species epithet |
| TAXONOMICNAME | Genus and species epithet |
| SCIENTIFICEPITHET | Genus and species epithet |
| BINOMIALNOMENCLATURE | Genus and species epithet |
| BINOMIALNAME | Genus and species epithet |
| BINOMEN | Genus and species epithet |
| SCIENTIFICNAME | Genus and species epithet |
| TAUTONYM | Classification with the same genus and species names |
| LINNEAN | System of biological names that includes genus and species names (7) |
| ORDER | Kingdom, phylum, class, ___, family, genus, species |
| RUBUS | Diverse rose family genus to which brambles and blackberries belong (5) |
| TRIBE | Taxonomic group ranking above a genus and below a family or subfamily (5) |
| GOPHER | Burrowing American rodent with a short tail and fur-lined cheek pouches; family Geomyidae, several genera and species (6) |
| FAMILY | A household's collective kith and kin living together as a social unit; or, a taxonomic rank such as Rosaceae comprising thousands of genera and species including apples and roses (6) |
| TRIVIAL | ____ Pursuit, board game whose editions include Genus and Ruby (7) |
