What is a scientific name? Describe.

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(N/A) $\rightarrow$ In order to facilitate the study,scientists have established procedures to assign a scientific name to each known organism.
$\rightarrow$ This is acceptable to biologists all over the world.
$\rightarrow$ For plants,scientific names are based on agreed principles and criteria,which are provided in the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature [$ICBN$].
$\rightarrow$ Animal taxonomists have evolved the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [$ICZN$].
$\rightarrow$ The description of any organism should enable people in any part of the world to arrive at the same name.
$\rightarrow$ They also ensure that such a name has not been used for any other known organism.

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