-nym for Words the Same in Sing. and Pl.?

[Alan Baragona]

Nullopluromorphonym.


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> Nullopluronym ?
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> JL
> Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 04:40:30PM -0400, Grant Barrett wrote:
>> Is there a name along the lines of synonym, eponym, retronym, etc.,
>> for the category of words that have the same form whether they are
>> plural or singular? I'm thinking of words like "deer" and "aircraft."
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> zero-derivonym?
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> JTS
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