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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Met·o·nym·ic Met·o·nym·ic·al a.  Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. -- Met*o*nym*ic*al*ly, adv.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 metonymic
      adj : using the name of one thing for that of another with which
            it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening
            reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it
            substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
            [syn: metonymical]