homonym

名词 homonym:

1. two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

hom.o.nym

n.（名词）
One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning.
同音异义字：两个或以上单词发音及经常拼法相同但词义不同

A word that is used to designate several different things.
用于指示不同事物的词
A namesake.
同名者，同名物
Biology A taxonomic name that is identical to one previously applied to a different species or genus and that therefore is unacceptable in its new use.
【生物学】 异物同名：一个分类学名词由于曾被用于以前不同的种属所以这一新用法不被接受

来源：
Latin homônymum
拉丁语 homônymum
from Greek homônumon [from neuter of] homônumos [homonymous] * see homonymous
源自 希腊语 homônumon [] 源自homônumos的中性词 [同名的] *参见 homonymous

【引伸】
hom.onym.ic
adj.（形容词）