common name

common name (plural common names)

1. (taxonomy) The name by which a species is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.
   • 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, page 39–62:

     From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name.

2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see common,‎ name.

• vernacular name

• scientific name