On the issue of the content of the linguistic terms zoonym and phytonym in Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Czech

In the framework of the research in the field of phraseology, we often encounter phrasemes that contain a zoological or botanical component. In the titles of a number of phraseological studies or publications, we find the word „zoonymic (phytonymic) component“. But is the use of these terms somewhat inaccurate or even misleading?

Key words: zoonyms, fytonyms, zooapelatives, fytoapelatives.