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English Dictionary: homonymous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homonymous
adj
  1. of or related to or being homonyms [syn: homonymic, homonymous]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homonymous \Ho*mon"y*mous\, a. [L. homonymus, Gr. [?]; [?] the
      same + [?], for [?] name; akin to E. name.]
      1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same
            relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.
  
      2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning
            or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.
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