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Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of nomenclature is wrong?

A

The first word in a biological name represents the genus.

B

The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter.

C

Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined.

D

Biological names are generally in Greek and written in italics.

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The second component in a biological name denotes the specific epithet.
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