elmeri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Elmer, but especially to botanist Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer.

Elmer (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Elmer's ..."


gilberti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gilbert, but especially to ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert.

Gilbert (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Gilbert's ..."


hildebrandtii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Hildebrandt, especially German collector Johannes Hildebrandt.

Hildebrandt (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Hildebrandt's ..."


boidinii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Boidin, but especially for French mycologist Jacques Boidin.

Boidin (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Boidin's ..."


mollaretii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Mollaret, but especially French neurologist Pierre Mollaret.

Mollaret (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Mollaret's ..."


stutzeri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Stützer.

Stützer (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Stützer's ..."


mairei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Maire, but especially French botanist and mycologist René Maire.

Maire (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Maire's ..."


forrestii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Forrest.

Forrest (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Forrest's ..."


killipii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Killip, but especially American botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip.

Killip (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Killip's ..."


beebei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Beebe, but especially to American naturalist William Beebe.

Beebe (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Beebe's ..."


hirtzii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Hirtz, but especially to botanist Alexander Hirtz.

Hirtz (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Hirtz's ..."


maguirei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Maguire.

Maguire (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Maguire's ..."


breweri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Brewer.

Brewer (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Brewer's ..."


richardsoni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Richardson.

Richardson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Richardson's ..."


bequaertii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bequaert, but especially to Joseph Charles Bequaert.

Bequaert (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bequaert's ..."


poilanei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Poilane or Poilâne.

Poilâne (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Poilâne's ..."


remyi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Remy or Rémy.

Remy (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Remy's ..."


baeri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Baer.

Baer (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Baer's ..."


goetzei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Goetze.

Goetze (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Goetze's ..."


hartwegii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Hartweg, but especially to German botanist Karl Theodor Hartweg or American herpetologist Norman Edouard Hartweg.

Hartweg (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Hartweg's ..."


cruzi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cruz, but especially for bacteriologist Oswaldo Cruz.

Cruz (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cruz's ..."


stephensi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Stephens.

Stephens (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Stephens's ..."


donovani

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Donovan, but especially to zoologist Edward Donovan.

Donovan (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Donovan's ..."


polecki

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Poleck.

Poleck (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Poleck's ..."


agalactiae

Mycoplasma agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae

specific epithet
specific epithet#English

agalactia (attributive); used as a specific epithet


diphtheriae

diphtheria (attributive); used as a specific epithet


berghei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Berghe or van den Berghe.

Berghe (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Berghe's ..."


dysgalactiae

From Ancient Greek, compare γάλα (gála) and dysgalactia, a disease of sows caused by the bacterium.

that disrupts milk production; used as a specific epithet


bebbianus

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bebbianus m (feminine bebbiana, neuter bebbianum)

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bebb, but especially for botanist Michael Schuck Bebb.

Bebb (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bebb's ..."


castelnaui

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.

Castelnau (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Castelnau's ..."


comersonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Comerson.

Comerson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Comerson's ..."


cyprinoides

Megalops cyprinoides

Pacific tarpon(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), Indo-Pacific tarpon(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)


helcogenes

From Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “ulcer”) + Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “born”).


marismortui

Dead Sea (attributive); used as a specific epithet


rossii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Rossi or Ross.

Rossi (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Rossi's ..."


salanitronis

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for bacteriologist J. P. Salanitro.

Salanitro (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Salanitro's ..."


simpsonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Simpson.

Simpson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Simpson's ..."


brevispira

From brevis (“short, stunted”) + spira (“coil”).


cocciferus

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cocciferus m (feminine coccifera, neuter cocciferum)

coccifera (feminine)
cocciferum (neuter)

(taxonomy) alternative form of coccifer (a specific epithet)


thymallus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek θύμαλλος (thúmallos, “an unknown kind of fish”)


bleekeri

Bleeker + -i. Named in a pseudo-New Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bleeker, but especially for Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker.

Bleeker (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bleeker's ..."


escherichi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Escherich.

Escherich (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Escherich's ..."


fosteri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Foster.

Foster (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Foster's ..."


cardenasii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cárdenas, but especially Bolivian botanist Martín Cárdenas.

Cárdenas (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cárdenas' ..."


chmielewskii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Chmielewski.

Chmielewski (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Chmielewski's ..."


pennellii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Pennell, but especially for American botanist Francis W. Pennell.

Pennell (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Pennell's ..."


rufipogon

From Latin rūfus (“red, reddish”) and Ancient Greek πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).

having a red or brown beard; used as a specific epithet


richardsonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Richardson.

Richardson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Richardson's ..."


stewartii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Stewart.

Stewart (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Stewart's ..."


armandii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Armand.

Armand (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Armand's ..."


castenholzii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for Canadian biologist Richard W. Castenholz.

Castenholz (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Castenholz's ..."


kristjanssonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Kristjansson or Kristjánsson.

Kristjánsson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Kristjánsson's ..."


rodmanii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Rodman.

Rodman (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Rodman's ..."


menziesii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Menzies.

Menzies (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Menzies's ..."


lochiae

From the name of a "Lady Loch", an Australian patron of horticulture.

Loch (attributive); used as a specific epithet


polymyxa

Associated with protists of the genus Polymyxa.


thiosulfatophilus

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thiosulfatophilus m (feminine thiosulfatophila, neuter thiosulfatophilum)

thiosulfatophila (feminine)
thiosulfatophilum (neuter)


yellowstonensis

yellowstonensis m or f (neuter yellowstonense)

a specific epithet: Yellowstone (attributive)


castellanii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Castellani, but especially for Italian bacteriologist Aldo Castellani.

Castellani (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Castellani's ..."


chelonae

Genitive of unattested Latin *chelona (“tortoise”), as correction of original spelling chelonei in species description.

used attributively to indicate species of organisms that infect tortoises


johnsoniae

Johnsonia (genus of plants) (attributive)


fergusonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Ferguson.

Ferguson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Ferguson's ..."


macleodii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Macleod.

Macleod (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Macleod's ..."


baillonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Baillon, but especially for French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon.

Baillon (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Baillon's ..."


blochii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bloch.

Bloch (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bloch's ..."


crumenophthalmus

From Latin crumena + Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”), with the suffix assimilated to -us.

der

goggle-eyed (having eyes shaped like a purse?)


culicifacies

From Latin culex (“gnat”) + facies (“face”).

(New Latin) Having the face of a gnat (or similar insect)


lesteri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Lester.

Lester (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Lester's ..."


pseudoalcaligenes

Appears to derive from the term pseudohalogen (in this case, cyanide).


sacharovi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sacharov or possibly Sakharov.

Sacharov (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Sacharov's ..."


guilliermondii

a specific epithet for several organisms: Guilliermond’s


nuttallii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Nuttall, but especially for English botanist Thomas Nuttall.

Nuttall (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Nuttall's ..."


pickettii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Pickett.

Pickett (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Pickett's ..."


rastonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Raston.

Raston (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Raston's ..."


belcheri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Belcher.

Belcher (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Belcher's ..."


hyopneumoniae

Modern coinage, from Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs, “pig”) + pneumoniae

pig pneumonia (attributive); used as a specific epithet


glacialoides

icy (living in icy places); used as a specific epithet


speltoides

spelt (attributive); used as a specific epithet


timopheevii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Timopheev.

Timopheev (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Timopheev's ..."


distachyon

From Ancient Greek στάχυς (stákhus, “ear of wheat”).


bruennichi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich.

Brünnich (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Brünnich's ..."


lutheri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Luther.

Luther (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Luther's ..."


rupicapra

From Latin rupicapra (“chamois”) rūpēs (“cliff”, “crag”) + capra (“goat”)


albacares

From Latin albus (“white”) + caro (“flesh”).


blanfordi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Blanford, but especially for English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.

Blanford (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Blanford's ..."


gairdneri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gairdner.

Gairdner (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Gairdner's ..."


neumayri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Neumayr.

Neumayr (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Neumayr's ..."


schleiermacheri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Schleiermacher.

Schleiermacher (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Schleiermacher's ..."


andrewsi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Andrews.

Andrews (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Andrews's ..."


carolinii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Carolini, but especially Argentinian naturalist Ruben Carolini.

Carolini (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Carolini's ..."


cazaui

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for geologist Luis Cazau.

Cazau (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cazau's ..."


coheni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cohen.

Cohen (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cohen's ..."


gauthieri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gauthier.

Gauthier (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Gauthier's ..."


gittelmani

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gittelman.

Gittelman (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Gittelman's ..."


graffami

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Graffam.

Graffam (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Graffam's ..."


guntheri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Günther, but especially for zoologist Albert Günther.

Günther (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Günther's ..."


jaffei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Jaffe.

Jaffe (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Jaffe's ..."


langdoni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Langdon.

Langdon (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Langdon's ..."


mckinleyi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named McKinley.

McKinley (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "McKinley's ..."


sastrei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sastre.

Sastre (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Sastre's ..."


skarzynskii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Skarżyński.

Skarżyński (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Skarżyński's ..."


sternbergi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sternberg.

Sternberg (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Sternberg's ..."


mississippiensis

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mississippiensis m or f (neuter mississippiense)


gilmorei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists and associates named Gilmore.

Gilmore (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Gilmore's ..."


pasteurianus

pasteurianus m (feminine pasteuriana, neuter pasteurianum)

pasteuriana (feminine)
pasteurianum (neuter)


pasteurianum

alternative form of pasteurianus (used as a specific epithet)


quitoense

quitoense n (masculine quitoensis, feminine quitoensis)

quitoensis (masculine)
quitoensis (feminine)

Solanum quitoense
Solanum quitoense#English

From Quito. Used as the species name of the lulo, Solanum quitoense.


bartramianus

bartramianus m (feminine bartramiana, neuter bartramianum)

bartramiana (feminine)
bartramianum (neuter)

After John Bartram, an early American botanist, + -ianus

Used as a specific epithet for certain plants native to the eastern US.


bransfieldensis

bransfieldensis m or f (neuter bransfieldense)

Bransfield (attributive); used as a specific epithet


nebouxii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for French naturalist Adolphe-Simon Neboux

Neboux (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Neboux's ..."


benitezii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Benítez or Benitez.

Benitez (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Benitez's ..."


banksianus

mul-adj

banksianus m (feminine banksiana, neuter banksianum)

banksiana (feminine)
banksianum (neuter)


ketosireducens

From English ketose + Latin redūcēns (“reducing”).


uraniireducens

(taxonomy) nonstandard form of uranireducens


daltonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Dalton

Dalton (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Dalton's ..."


kriegsteini

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Kriegstein, especially Roman Kriegstein

Kriegstein (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Kriegstein's ..."


aromaticivorans

From English aromatic + Latin vorāns (“devouring”).

compound

(biology) That devours aromatic compounds


frutescens

binomial nomenclature
binomial nomenclature

(botany) frutescent; used as specific epithet in binomial nomenclature


hemprichii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Hemprich, but especially German naturalist Wilhelm Hemprich

Hemprich (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Hemprich's ..."


fangianus

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Fang, but especially for Wen-Pei Fang

Fang (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Fang's ..."


lutetianus

Lutetia or Paris (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms


tremuloides

Populus tremula
Populus tremula#Translingual

Resembling something named tremulus, tremula, or tremulum, especially the tree Populus tremula.


albomyces

From Latin albus (“white”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).


mellonella

From Mellona (“Roman goddess of bees and honey”).


sinclairii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sinclair

Sinclair (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Sinclair's ..."


carinii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Carin

Carin (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Carin's ..."


halleri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Haller

Haller (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Haller's ..."


lagotis

From Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “rabbit”) + οὖς, ὠτός (oûs, ōtós, “ear”).

a specific epithet for a rabbit-eared organism


The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".

2004 April 13, Nick Paton Walsh, “Ample Alyona shakes up Russian pageant”, in The Guardian (in English):

Chapman - known to Russian tabloids as "Agent 90-60-90" because of her figure measurements, in cms – was not available for comment.

2010 December 21, Tom Parfitt, “Spy Anna Chapman 'to lead youth wing of Putin's party'”, in The Guardian (in English):

The supposed measurements (in centimetres) of an ideal woman's body shape, measured at the bust, waist and hip.


paramamosain

Scylla paramamosain is a mud crab.


indet.

Abbreviation of Latin indēterminātus or any of its inflected forms.

A single graptolite, Amplexograptus sp. indet., has been found in the Fieldstown Formation (Romano 1980).

1993 September, M. Romano, A. W. Owen, “Early Caradoc trilobites of eastern Ireland and their palaeogeographical significance”, in Palaeontology, volume 36, part 3 (in English), London: Palaeontological Association, page 683:


actinocarpus

mul-adj

actinocarpus m (feminine actinocarpa, neuter actinocarpum)

actinocarpa (feminine)
actinocarpum (neuter)

From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).


actinocarpum

nominative neuter singular of actinocarpus


actinocarpi

inflection of actinocarpus:
nominative masculine plural

inflection of actinocarpus:
genitive masculine/neuter singular


actinocarpae

inflection of actinocarpus:
nominative feminine plural

inflection of actinocarpus:
genitive feminine singular


lycioides

Resembling plants of the genus Lycium. Describes several buckthorns.


ruminicola

From Latin rūmen (“rumen”) (stem rūmin-) + Latin -i- (linking vowel in compounds) + Latin -cola (“-inhabitor, -inhabitant”).

affix

(taxonomy) ruminal ( that lives in the rumen); rumen-inhabiting


stactophila

(taxonomy) That inhabits seafloor vent stacks


brightwellii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Brightwell, especially Thomas Brightwell (1787-1868)

Brightwell (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Brightwell's ..."


canettii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Canetti, especially French microbiologist Georges Canetti

Canetti (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Canetti's ..."


chalcogrammus

mul-adj

chalcogrammus m (feminine chalcogramma, neuter chalcogrammum)

chalcogramma (feminine)
chalcogrammum (neuter)

From χαλκός (khalkós, “brass”) + γράμμα (grámma, “mark”).


raciborskii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Raciborski.

Raciborski (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Raciborski's ..."


megalotis

From Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large”) + οὖς, ὠτός (oûs, ōtós, “ear”).

der

a specific epithet for a large-eared organism


komodoensis

from Komodo (island); used as a specific epithet


codringtoni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Codrington.

Codrington (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Codrington's ..."


cooleyi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cooley.

Cooley (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Cooley's ..."


ellioti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Elliot.

Elliot (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Elliot's ..."


przewalskii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Przewalski, especially Nikołaj Przewalski.

Przewalski (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Przewalski's ..."


ramirezi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Ramirez.

Ramirez (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Ramirez's ..."


robertsoni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Robertson.

Robertson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Robertson's ..."


stergiosi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Stergios.

Stergios (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Stergios's ..."


taczanowskii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Taczanowski, especially Władysław Taczanowski.

Taczanowski (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Taczanowski's ..."


(+)ssRNA

(virology) Having a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome.


albicollis

From Latin albus (“white”) + collum (“throat”).


abranchiatus

mul-adj

abranchiatus m (feminine abranchiata, neuter abranchiatum)

abranchiata (feminine)
abranchiatum (neuter)

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) + Latin -ātus (“-ed”).

(taxonomy, specific epithet) without gills.


hodgsonii

Styled as a Pseudo-Latin genitive after persons named Hodgson, such as Brian Houghton Hodgson, student of birds of India.


perforatus

perforatus m (feminine perforata, neuter perforatum)

perforata (feminine)
perforatum (neuter)


cockburni

Cockburn (attributive); used in taxonomic names


alegranzaensis

alegranzaensis m or f (neuter alegranzaense)


lakotaensis

(taxonomy, specific ephitet) related to the Lakota people


lancerotensis

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lancerotensis m or f (neuter lancerotense)

(taxonomy, specific ephitet) of or from Lanzarote


morrisoni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Morrison.

Morrison (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Morrison's ..."


rozhdestvenskyi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Rozhdestvensky, especially Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky.

Rozhdestvensky (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Rozhdestvensky's ..."


jenkinsi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Jenkins.

Jenkins (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Jenkins' ..."


lantenoisii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Lantenois.

Lantenois (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Lantenois's ..."


standishii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Standish.

Standish (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Standish's ..."


nanchangensis

nanchangensis m or f (neuter nanchangense)


nootkatensis

nootkatensis m or f (neuter nootkatense)

This, as Dr. Lindley says, is "… It has been called in the society's garden a dwarf Lupinus rivularis; nevertheless the affinity of the species seems to be less with rivularis than with Nootkatensis, for it has nothing of an arborescent habit. …"

B. Maund [Benjamin Maund], The botanic garden; consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations, vol. VII, section Lupi'nus versi'color. Party-coloured Lupine. No. 615. (vol. I from 1825–26, vol. VI from 1835–36)

…; the North American species are L. perennis and Nootkatensis, blue, and villosus, purple-flowered.

1855, Agnes Catlow, Popular Garden Botany: Containing a familiar and scientific Description of most of the hardy and half-hardy Plants introduced into the Flower Garden, p. 161 (numbered 116)


shengxianensis

shengxianensis m or f (neuter shengxianense)


ruziziensis

(taxonomy, specific ephitet) of or from Ruzizi


leytensis

(taxonomy, specific ephitet) of or from Leyte (island in the Philippines)


rudolfensis

(taxonomics) Of or from Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana)


breitensteini

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Breitenstein

Breitenstein (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Breitenstein's ..."


dammermani

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Dammerman.

Dammerman (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Dammerman's ..."


duncani

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Duncan (as a surname).

Duncan (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Duncan's ..."


malcolmi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Malcolm (as a surname).

Malcolm (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Malcom's ..."


nathusii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Nathusius.

Nathusius (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Nathusius's ..."


reynaudii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Reynaud.

Reynaud (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Reynaud's ..."


elliottii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Elliott.

Elliott (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Elliott's ..."


grandii

New Latin, in the form of the genitive singular of a first declension Latin noun, after the naturalist Grand.


paniculatus

paniculatus m (feminine paniculata, neuter paniculatum)

paniculata (feminine)
paniculatum (neuter)

Latin pānicula (“tuft, swelling”) + Latin -ātus

affix

(taxonomy) A specific epithet for many plants that have tufts, tufted

Celastrus paniculatus

black oil plant, climbing staff tree, intellect tree


hartlaubii

New Latin, after ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub, as if a genitive form of a Latin noun


cheopis

From the genitive singular of Latin Cheops, the Egyptian Pharaoh who commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, so called because of Xenopsylla cheopis's discovery in Egypt.


pennsylvanicus

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pennsylvanicus (feminine pennsylvanica, neuter pennsylvanicum)

pennsylvanica (feminine)
pennsylvanicum (neuter)

discovered in or native to Pennsylvania; used as a specific epithet


pensylvanicus

pensylvanicus (feminine pensylvanica, neuter pensylvanicum)

pensylvanica (feminine)
pensylvanicum (neuter)


duboisi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Dubois.

Dubois (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Dubois' ..."


kingsleyae

From the surname Kingsley, Latinized by adding genitive case ending -ae. In honour of Mary Henrietta Kingsley.

Kingsley (attributive); Kingsley's. Used in taxonomic names for organisms.


angelae

After Angela Kay Kepler, US ornithologist, born in NZ


amydraula

Probably from Ancient Greek ἀμυδρός (amudrós, “dim, faint, obscure”) + αὐλή (aulḗ, “open court; dwelling, abode”).


patagoniensis

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patagoniensis m or f (neuter patagoniense)


adamsii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Adams.

Adams (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Adams' ..."


mcclearni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named McClearn.

McClearn (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "McClearn's ..."


mcconnelli

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named McConnell.

McConnell (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "McConnell's ..."


naumanni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Naumann.

Naumann (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Naumann's ..."


becklesi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Beckles, especially the dinosaur-hunter Samuel Beckles

Beckles (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Beckles' ..."


bronnii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bronn, especially Heinrich Georg Bronn.

Bronn (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Bronn's ..."


buhleri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Buhler.

Buhler (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Buhler's ..."


conybeari

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Conybeare.

Conybeare (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Conybeare's ..."


cracherodii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cracherode.

Cracherode (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Cracherode's ..."


delgadoi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Delgado.

Delgado (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Delgado's ..."


holgeri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Holger.

Holger (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Holger's ..."


krausei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Krause.

Krause (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Krause's ..."


mackesoni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Mackeson.

Mackeson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Mackeson's ..."


maxwelli

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Maxwell.

Maxwell (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Maxwell's ..."


morini

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Morin.

Morin (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Morin's ..."


neuvillei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Neuville.

Neuville (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Neuville's ..."


sciuttoi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sciutto.

Sciutto (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Sciutto's ..."


stelleri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Steller, especially Georg Wilhelm Steller.

Steller (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Steller's ..."


tessonei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Tessone.

Tessone (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Tessone's ..."


beishanensis

beishanensis m or f (neuter beishanense)


chaoyangensis

mul-adj

chaoyangensis m or f (neuter chaoyangense)

From English Chaoyang + -ensis, from Chinese 朝陽 /朝阳 (Cháoyáng) or Chinese 潮陽 /潮阳 (Cháoyáng).


heinsohni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Heinsohn.

Heinsohn (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Heinsohn's ..."


hoffmanni

Formed as if a genitive singular of Hoffmannus, from Hoffman


bourkii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bourke.

Bourke (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Bourke's ..."


harrisi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named named Harris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Harris (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Harris's ..."


jaccardi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Jaccard.

Jaccard (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Jaccard's ..."


mcdowelli

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named McDowell.

McDowell (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "McDowell's ..."


meckelii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Meckel.

Meckel (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Meckel's ..."


parsonsi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Parsons.

Parsons (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Parsons's ..."


eichstaettensis

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eichstaettensis m or f (neuter eichstaettense)


purbeckensis

purbeckensis m or f (neuter purbeckense)


talampayensis

talampayensis m or f (neuter talampayense)


abbotti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Abbott.

Abbott (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Abbott's ..."


abdimii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for Abdim Bey El-Arnaut (Ottoman and Turkish politician).

person

Abdim (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Abdim's ..."


adalberti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Adalbert or Adalberto.

Adalbert, Adalberto (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Adalbert's ..." or "Adalberto'd ..."


adansonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Adanson, especially Michel Adanson.

Adanson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Adanson's ..."


alberti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Albert, Alberto or Alberti.

Albert (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Albert's ..."


rhodesiensis

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rhodesiensis m or f (neuter rhodesiense)

Further analyses are needed, particularly in light of documented differences in the clinical profile and duration of illness of both gambiense and rhodesiense HAT across Sub-Saharan Africa [ 3, 6, 7 ].

2015 July 4, Francesco Checchi et al., “Updated estimate of the duration of the meningo-encephalitic stage in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8 (in English), →DOI:


argenteopunctatus

mul-adj

argenteopunctatus m (feminine argenteopunctata, neuter argenteopunctatum)

argenteopunctata (feminine)
argenteopunctatum (neuter)

From Latin argenteus (“silvery”) + Latin pūnctus /pūnctum (“point”) + Latin -ātus.


xanthopallescens

From Latin xantho (“yellow”) + pallescens (“fading”)


alascensis

The alascensis clade was found along the Pacific Coast and coastal mountain ranges (Fig 1a ).

2015 July 9, “Range-Wide Genetic Analysis of Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Populations: Estimating the Risk of Spread of White-Nose Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE (in English), →DOI:


cheesmanae

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for naturalists named Cheesman, especially Evelyn Cheesman.

Cheesman (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Cheesman's..."


hardwickii

After Thomas Hardwicke (1756-1835), British general and naturalist, who spent 48 years in India

Used as a specific epithet; Hardwicke's.

Homalopsis hardwickii

a puff-faced water snake or masked water snake

Saara hardwickii

formerly Uromastyx hardwickii, Indian spiny-tailed lizard


hardwicki

After David F. Hardwick (1934- ), Canadian entomologist


barbadensis

High-mannose biological response modifiers, purified from Aloe vera / barbadensis leaf parenchyma gel, expressed adjuvant immune activity [ 42 ], enhancing anti- coxsackievirus antibody titers in mice [ 43 ], improving both the quality of life and the survival rate of oncornavirus- infected cats [ 44 ] and, in a murine model, stimulating peritoneal macrophages and splenic T and B cells to secrete TNF-α, IL-1β, INF-γ, IL-2 and IL-6 [ 45 ].

2014 June 27, Barbara Joanna Bałan et al., “Oral administration of Aloe vera gel, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory herbal remedy, stimulates cell-mediated immunity and antibody production in a mouse model”, in Central-European Journal of Immunology, volume 39 (in English), →DOI:


tianmushanensis

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tianmushanensis m or f (neuter tianmushanense)


hernandezi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Hernandez.

Hernandez (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Hernandez's ..."


pieganensis

(used in taxonomic names) of or from Piegan Mountain


solani

Genitive of Solanum (“the nightshade genus”)

Used as a specific epithet; of plants of the genus Solanum, such as the potato.


hollisae

New Latin, From the surname Hollis, Latinized with the genitive feminine singular case ending -ae.
* Bravotrema hollisae: Named for Helia Bravo Hollis (1901-2001), Mexican cactus specialist
* Grimontia hollisae: Named for Dannie G. Hollis, American researcher

Hollis (attributive); Of Hollis; Hollis's. Used as a specific epithet in taxonomic names.


xanthigerus

xanthigerus m (feminine xanthigera, neuter xanthigerum)

xanthigera (feminine)
xanthigerum (neuter)

From Latin xanthos (“yello”) + gerō (“I bear”).


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 17 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 21 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 20 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 18 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 16years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 15 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 19 years of age


attenboroughi

English Attenborough (“Sir David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist”) + translingual binominal nomenclature’s -i (suffix forming specific epithets of the genitive-singular type)


greggii

After Josiah Gregg (1806-1850), American naturalist, and others


chrysocarpus

mul-adj

chrysocarpus m (feminine chrysocarpa, neuter chrysocarpum)

chrysocarpa (feminine)
chrysocarpum (neuter)

From Latin chrȳsocarpos, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόκᾰρπος (khrūsókărpos).

der

bearing golden berries; used as a specific epithet


ZZ

(genetics) Having a male configuration of chromosomes as per the ZW system.

XX

having a male configuration of chromosomes as per the ZW system


harveyi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Harvey.

Harvey (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Harvey's ..."


horikoshii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Horikoshi.

Horikoshi (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Horikoshi's ..."


luminescens

From English luminescent, influenced by Latin lūmin- + Latin -ēscēns.


pachyptilae

used as a specific epithet for parasites, especially ticks, of birds of the genus Pachyptila


sampsonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sampson.

Sampson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Sampson's ..."


viscericola

From Latin vīscera (“viscera”) + Latin -i- (linking vowel in compounds) + Latin -cola (“-inhabitor, -inhabitant”).

affix

(taxonomy, of parasites, etc.) Living in intestines.


cherifiensis

mul-adj

cherifiensis m or f (neuter cherifiense)

From French chérifien (“Sherifian”) + -ensis, through Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf), because Morocco was called the Sharifian Empire.


djadochtaensis

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djadochtaensis m or f (neuter djadochtaense)


langenbergensis

langenbergensis m or f (neuter langenbergense)


rosenblatti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Rosenblatt

Rosenblatt (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Rosenblatt's ..."


sloani

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sloan

Sloan (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Sloan's ..."


steinitzi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Steinitz

Steinitz (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Steinitz's ..."


fleischmanni

From German Fleischmann or from Latin Fleischmannī, genitive of Fleischmannus.

Fleischmann (attributive), of Fleischmann, Fleischmann's; used in taxonomic names


elliotti

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Elliott.


muellerii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Müller or Mueller.

Mueller (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Müller's ..." or "Mueller's ..."


chuvilini

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Chuvilin.

Chuvilin (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Chuvilin's ..."


gartleri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gartler, especially Stanley Michael Gartler.

Gartler (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Gartler's ..."


stroehlei

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Stroehle.

Stroehle (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Stroehle's ..."


ockendeni

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Ockenden.

Ockenden (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Ockenden's ..."


serricornis

From Latin serra (“saw”) + cornis (“horned”).


platyrhynchus

From Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”) and Latin -us.

der

a specific epithet for a flat-nosed organism


salvini

English Salvin + -i.
Named after British naturalist Osbert Salvin, specializing in Central American flora and fauna

suffix

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Salvin</i>


temminckii

After Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist


swainsonii

After William Swainson, English naturalist


djiboutiensis

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djiboutiensis m or f (neuter djiboutiense)


guadalupensis

guadalupensis m or f (neuter guadalupense)


sandwichensis

sandwichensis m or f (neuter sandwichense)

(taxonomy) Of or from the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)


hormozganensis

hormozganensis m or f (neuter hormozganense)

From English Hormozgan or rather Persian هرمزگان (hormozgân) + Latin -ēnsis.


dubliniensis

dubliniensis m or f (neuter dubliniense)


nicaraguensis

nicaraguensis m or f (neuter nicaraguense)


bradfordensis

bradfordensis m or f (neuter bradfordense)

From English Bradford (“Bradford Abbas, site of oolite limestone formations in which fossils of many extinct invertebrates have been discovered”) + Latin -ensis.


wadsworthensis

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wadsworthensis m or f (neuter wadsworthense)


moellendorffii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Möllendorf, especially Otto Franz von Möllendorff.

Möllendorf (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Möllendorf's ..."


situliformis

situliformis m or f (neuter situliforme)

situliforme (neuter)
situlifōrmis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
situlifōrme (neuter nominative singular)
situlifōrmēs (feminine masculine nominative plural)
situlifōrmia (neuter nominative plural)
situlifōrmis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
situlifōrmium (feminine genitive masculine neuter plural)
situlifōrmī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
situlifōrmibus (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
situlifōrmem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
situlifōrme (accusative neuter singular)
situlifōrmēs (accusative feminine masculine plural)
situlifōrmīs (accusative feminine masculine plural)
situlifōrmia (accusative neuter plural)
situlifōrmī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
situlifōrmibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
situlifōrmis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
situlifōrme (neuter singular vocative)
situlifōrmēs (feminine masculine plural vocative)
situlifōrmia (neuter plural vocative)

English: situliform

French: situliforme

Italian: situliforme

Spanish: situliforme

Hayella situliformis

Myorhina situliformis

Pierretia situliformis

Sarcophaga situliformis

Latin situla (“pail, bucket”) + -fōrmis (“pail”).


ruderalis

Hingegen war in dieser ganzen Gegend und bis an die Bäche Soroka, das gemeine Kali und der Ceratocarpus an deren Wegen nicht zu sehen, sondern die Fahrgleise an deren Stelle mit dem Wegbreit (Polygonum auiculare,) Wermuth und stinkendem Lepidio ruderali bewachsen.

1776, P. S. Pallas Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in einem ausführlichen Auszuge. Erster Theil (in German), page 146:


quadrumanus

From quattuor (“four”) which occurs in related terms as quadri-, quadru- + manus (“hand”), cf. quadrimanus, quadrimanis, quadrumanis.

Used as a specific epithet; Having four hands (or hand-like appendages).


micranthus

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micranthus m (feminine micrantha, neuter micranthum)

micrantha (feminine)
micranthum (neuter)

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) + ἄνθος (ánthos).


nuragicus

From the Nuragic civilization of pre-Greek/pre-Punic/pre-Roman Sardinia.

A species descriptor, for species from Sardinia


boylii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Boyle

Boyle (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Boyle's ..."


bozemanii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bozeman

Bozeman (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Bozeman's ..."


brandtii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Brandt, including Eduard Brandt, Fred Hermann Brandt, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, and Karl Brandt

Brandt (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Brandt's ..."

Eduard Brandt
Fred Hermann Brandt
Johann Friedrich von Brandt
Karl Brandt


hartenbergeri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Hartenberger


spielmanii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several scientists named Spielman


johnstonii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Johnston

Johnston (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Johnston's ..."


uruguayensis

uruguayensis m or f (neuter uruguayense)


delawarensis

delawarensis m or f (neuter delawarense)


singapurensis

singapurensis m or f (neuter singapurense)

Ultimately from Malay Singapura (“Singapore”) + Latin -ensis.


singaporiensis

singaporiensis m or f (neuter singaporiense)

Ultimately from Malay Singapura (“Singapore”), probably through an intermediate English Singapore, + Latin -ensis. Compare singaporensis and singapurensis. Medial -i- is probably under influence from English Singaporean or French singapourien.


singaporensis

singaporensis m or f (neuter singaporense)

Ultimately from Malay Singapura (“Singapore”), probably through an intermediate English Singapore, + Latin -ensis.


singaporeanus

singaporeanus m (feminine singaporeana, neuter singaporeanum)

singaporeana (feminine)
singaporeanum (neuter)

Ultimately from Malay Singapura (“Singapore”), probably through an intermediate English Singapore, + Latin -ānus. Alternatively, borrowed from English Singaporean.


strongyloides

New Latin, from Ancient Greek στρογγυλοειδής (stronguloeidḗs, “of oval form”), from στρογγύλος (strongúlos, “round, spherical”)

der

στρογγυλοειδής

Of spherical or circular shape (used as a specific epithet)

Of ellipsoid or oval shape (used as a specific epithet)


procyonis

Genitive singular form of Procyon (“genus of raccoons”)

Baylisascaris procyonis “raccoon roundworm”

(taxonomy) Of or pertaining to raccoons.


frodobagginsi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for the fictional hobbit

Psylla frodobagginsi

Lord of the Rings; found in the part of New Zealand where the was filmed.


pernambucoensis

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pernambucoensis m or f (neuter pernambucoense)


bicolensis

(relational) Bicol Region; used as a specific epithet for species found or living on Bicol Region, Philippines


ilocanus

ilocanus m (feminine ilocana, neuter ilocanum)

From Spanish ilocano (“Ilocano people”) + -us (adjectival suffix).


holmesii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists / bacteriologists named Holmes.

Holmes (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Holmes's ..."


kirschneri

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists / bacteriologists named Kirschner

Kirschner (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Kirschner's ..."


mimosifolia

(taxonomy) Having leaves similar to those of mimosa


aureofaciens

Latin aureus + faciēns (literally “making golden”)


morsitans

From Latin morsitāns, present participle of morsitāre, alternative form of morsicāre


nankingensis

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nankingensis m or f (neuter nankingense)


bulbifer

bulbifer (or bulbiferus) m, bulbifera f, bulbiferum n

bulbifer (canonical masculine)
bulbifera (canonical feminine)
bulbiferum (canonical neuter)


lincolnensis

used as a specific epithet; discovered in a place called Lincoln or named in honor of a person named Lincoln


bougainville

(zoology) related to Louis Antoine de Bougainville


candollei

From the genitive case of Latin Candolleus.

(botany) related to Augustin Pyramus de Candolle


candolleanus

After Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (Swiss botanist) + -anus

In honor of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.

For other species see candolleana at Wikispecies


gouanii

From the genitive case of Latin Gouanius.


gabasianus

From French Gabas, a hamlet in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.

(botany) related to Gabas, Pyrénées-Atlantiques


hydrillicola

From Hydrilla + Latin -cola, literally “living on Hydrilla”.

af

(taxonomy) A species descriptor, for microorganisms living on waterthyme (hydrilla).


dawsoni

Dawson + -i. From English Dawson (“surname”) + Latin -i
* (Eoanthropus dawsoni): Named after British amateur naturalist Charles Dawson, the discoverer of Piltdown Man, a hoax human ancestor from Piltdown, Sussex, England, UK.
* (Quetzalcoatlus dawsoni): Named after American paleontologist Douglas Lawson, who discovered Quetzalcoatlus

named-after

(taxonomy) A species descriptor for species related to Dawson.


acervulinus

mul-adj

acervulinus m (feminine acervulina, neuter acervulinum)

acervulina (feminine)
acervulinum (neuter)

From Latin acervus (“heap”) + Latin -ulus (diminutive suffix) + Latin -īnus (adjective-forming suffix).

af

(taxonomy) acervuline; resembling little heaps


sganzini

After Captain V. Sganzin, French entomologist and explorer of Madagascar


jamescameroni

English James + English Cameron + -i. Named after Canadian film director, naturalist and environmentalist James Cameron (1954–), for his contributions in environmental awareness and conservation.

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">James</i>

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Cameron</i>

named-after

Pristimantis jamescameroni
Pristimantis jamescameroni#Translingual

A species descriptor. only used in Pristimantis jamescameroni (“species of frog”, proper noun)


polyactinus

New Latin poly- (“many”) + actinus, from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray, beam”)


coccifer

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coccifer m (feminine coccifera, neuter cocciferum)

coccifera (feminine)
cocciferum (neuter)

From Latin coccifer, from coccum (“scarlet”) + -fer (“-bearing”).

(taxonomy, as specific epithet) That produces a scarlet dye.

Incilius coccifer

syns. Bufo coccifer, Cranopsis coccifer, Ollotis coccifer


acacifolius

mul-adj

acacifolius m (feminine acacifolia, neuter acacifolium)

acacifolia (feminine)
acacifolium (neuter)
acaciifolius (alternative)

From Latin acacia (“acacia”) + Latin folium (“leaf”).


sonomensis

(relational) Sonoma; used as a specific epithet for species originating from Sonoma Valley in California


leucophyllus

mul-adj

leucophyllus m (feminine leucophylla, neuter leucophyllum)

leucophylla (feminine)
leucophyllum (neuter)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λευκόφυλλος (leukóphullos, “white-leaved”), from λευκός (leukós, “white”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

bor+

white-leaved; Used as a specific epithet


squarepantsii

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for SpongeBob SquarePants.

Spongiforma squarepantsii
Spongiforma squarepantsii#English

Applied to the fungus species Spongiforma squarepantsii


Named after Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the lengthened name of a large village on the island of Anglesey, Wales.

only used in Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis


monspeliensis

Montpellier (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms


parisiensis

Paris (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms


chamaepitys

Borrowed from Latin chamaepitys, itself from Ancient Greek χαμαίπιτυς (khamaípitus).


leei

From English Lee + -i, in honor of Stan Lee.

The Stan Lee fly, or Daptolestes leei, which is said to share his characteristic sunglasses and white moustache

2020 July 28, “Deadpool fly among new Australian 'super power' species creating a buzz”, in BBC (in English):

The fly, named “Daptolestes leei,” has markings on its face reminiscent of Lee’s characteristic sunglasses and white mustache.

2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN (in English):

Daptolestes leei
Daptolestes leei#Translingual

A species descriptor. only used in Daptolestes leei.


ceratocarpus

mul-adj

ceratocarpus m (feminine ceratocarpa, neuter ceratocarpum)

ceratocarpa (feminine)
ceratocarpum (neuter)


mattogrossensis

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mattogrossensis m (feminine mattogrossensis, neuter mattogrossense)

mattogrossensis (feminine)
mattogrossense (neuter)

Borrowed from New Latin mattogrossensis.


pelisserianus

pelisserianus m (feminine pelisseriana, neuter pelisserianum)

pelisseriana (feminine)
pelisserianum (neuter)
pellicerianus (alternative)
pellicieri (alternative)
pellicierianus (alternative)

Pelisserius + -anus, from French Pélissier. Coined by Carl Linnaeus in Antirrhinum pelisserianum (Sp. Pl., 1753) after French diplomat Guillaume Pellicier (c. 1490 – 1568).

(botany) of Pélissier; used as a specific epithet


acetivorans

From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Latin -i- (linking vowel in compounds) + Latin vorāns (“devouring”).


acutorostratus

mul-adj

acutorostratus m (feminine acutorostrata, neuter acutorostratum)

acutorostrata (feminine)
acutorostratum (neuter)
acuto-rostratus (alternative)

From Latin acūtus (“sharp”) + Latin -o- (linking vowel in compounds) + Latin rōstrātus (“beaked; snouted”).


tagliabuanus

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tagliabuanus m (feminine tagliabuana, neuter tagliabuanum)

tagliabuana (feminine)
tagliabuanum (neuter)

From Italian Tagliabue + -anus. Coined in 1858 for Tecoma tagliabuana by Roberto de Visiani after Carlo Ausonio Tagliabue, a nurseryman from Lainate, Italy.

(botany) of Tagliabue; used as a specific epithet


davidianus

From Latinized surname (or given name) Dāvīdius with suffix -ānus. Named for any of several naturalists named David, especially Armand David (1826–1900).

David (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "David's ..."


costatipennis

Latin costātus (“ribbed”) + Latin penna f (“wing, feather”) + Latin -is (forms third-declension adjectives), literally “rib-winged” or “rib-feathered”


tridenticeps

Latin tridēns (“three-pronged; tridental”) + Latin -ceps (“-headed”)

(taxonomy) trident-headed; having a head shaped like a trident


The most common examples of sex chromosome aneuploidies are Klinefelter syndrome (XXY males) and Turner syndrome, denoted X0 because Turner syndrome has only one sex chromosome, which is an X. Surprisingly, the vast majority of all X0 conceptions are miscarried spontaneously in utero.

2010 December 12, Julia E. Richards, R. Scott Hawley, The Human Genome, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 257:

(biology, genetics) Having only one sex chromosome, X:

Having only one sex chromosome, X:
in humans with Turner syndrome.

in e.g. certain insect species, in which X0 is the typical male configuration (and XX is female).


citrovorus

mul-adj

citrovorus m (feminine citrovora, neuter citrovorum)

citrovora (feminine)
citrovorum (neuter)

From Latin citrus (“citrus”) + Latin -vorus (“-eating”).


ochroleucus

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ochroleucus m (feminine ochroleuca, neuter ochroleucum)

ochroleuca (feminine)
ochroleucum (neuter)

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) + Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).


lamelligerus

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lamelligerus m (feminine lamelligera, neuter lamelligerum)

lamelligera (feminine)
lamelligerum (neuter)

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”) + Latin -i- + Latin -ger (“-bearing”).

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la:lāmella<t:small, thin plate of metal>


calabricus

mul-adj

calabricus m (feminine calabrica, neuter calabricum)

calabrica (feminine)
calabricum (neuter)

Seemingly borrowed from Latin, though possibly a faux Latinate construction. Equivalent to Latin Calabria f (“Calabria”) + -icus (“-ic”).


trentonensis

mul-adj

trentonensis m or f (neuter trentonense)

(taxonomy, relational) Trenton (all senses)


perfoliatus

perfoliatus m (feminine perfoliata, neuter perfoliatum)

perfoliata (feminine)
perfoliatum (neuter)


ochraceifrons

Latin ōchrāceus (“ochre”, adjective) + Latin frōns f (“forehead”)


imereticus

mul-adj

imereticus m (feminine imeretica, neuter imereticum)

imeretica (feminine)
imereticum (neuter)

From Georgian იმერეთი (imereti, “Imereti”) + -icus


nigrodiscus

mul-adj

nigrodiscus m (feminine nigrodisca, neuter nigrodiscum)

nigrodisca (feminine)
nigrodiscum (neuter)


viridifucatus

viridifucatus m (feminine viridifucata, neuter viridifucatum)

viridifucata (feminine)
viridifucatum (neuter)


braconius

braconius m (feminine braconia, neuter braconium)

From Bracon (“typical braconid wasps”) + -ius (adjectival suffix)

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(rare) braconid; braconine; related to the Braconidae.


However, one could make a strong correlation to her success ruling Europe in the 1600s to her having a snatched waist while strutting around the castle in heels. Come on, you know the world bends to a woman with 36-24-36 body measurements.

2020 January 7, Chloé Hilliard, F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me (in English), Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 131:

The supposed measurements (in inches) of an ideal woman's body shape, measured at the bust, waist and hip.


Men love to say that women date by the 6-6-6 rule – they want 6 feet, 6 inches, and 6 figures. But is this true?

2023 October 13, “S06E16: Is the 6-6-6 Rule Truth or Fiction?”, in Dating Kinda Sucks (in English):

There are countless examples of women who violate the so-called 6-6-6 rule who are so attractive they’re famous.

2024 September 30 [2023 May 8], Blaine Anderson, “Why The 6-6-6 Rule Is Dumb, From A Dating Coach”, in Dating by Blaine (in English):

The supposed ideal measurements for a man; 6 feet tall, 6-figure income, a six pack of abs, and/or a 6-inch penis.


ameliae

Genitive singular of Amelia, as if Latin

Used as a specific epithet to associate species with a person named Amelia

Macronyx ameliae

rosy-throated longclaw, ruby-throated longclaw


hernandezii

From Spanish Hernández (“surname”) + -ii.

hernandezi (alternative)
hernandesii (alternative)


donetzicus

mul-adj

donetzicus m (feminine donetzica, neuter donetzicum)

donetzica (feminine)
donetzicum (neuter)

From either Russian Доне́ц (Donéc, “Donets”) or Ukrainian Донець (Donecʹ) + -icus.


uelensis

From the Uele, a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Likely from the French Uele + -ensis.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

(relational) The Uele River, a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


poecilogaster

poecilogaster m (feminine poecilogastra, neuter poecilogastrum)

poecilogastra (feminine)
poecilogastrum (neuter)

From Ancient Greek ποικῐ́λος (poikĭ́los, “spotted; variegated”) + Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr, “belly”). Doublet of Poecilogaster.


origanifolius

mul-adj

origanifolius m (feminine origanifolia, neuter origanifolium)

origanifolia (feminine)
origanifolium (neuter)

desc

душицели́стный

→ Russian: душицели́стный (dušicelístnyj) (calque)

From Latin orīganum (“oregano”) + Latin folium (“leaf”) + -us (adjectival suffix), literally “oregano-leaved”.

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(botany) Having leaves similar to those of oregano.


pseudovolvox

(rare) Resembling green algae of the genus Volvox.


begoniifolius

mul-adj

begoniifolius m (feminine begoniifolia, neuter begoniifolium)

begoniifolia (feminine)
begoniifolium (neuter)

From Begonia + Latin folium (“leaf”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

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(rare, botany) Having leaves similar to those of plants of the genus Begonia.


norfolkensis

mul-adj

norfolkensis m or f (neuter norfolkense)

From English Norfolk + -ensis (toponymal suffix).

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Found in one of many locations named Norfolk.


rufopygus

mul-adj

rufopygus m (feminine rufopyga, neuter rufopygum)

From Latin rufus (“red”) + Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rear end, buttocks; tail”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

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(coleopterology) Having red near the rear end of its body.


hudsonianus

mul-adj

hudsonianus m (feminine hudsoniana, neuter hudsonianum)

hudsoniana (feminine)
hudsonianum (neuter)

From English Hudson (“the Hudson River or Hudson Bay”) + -ianus (adjectival-toponymic suffix).

affix

Hudsonian; relating to the Hudson River or Hudson Bay.


deregularis

(taxonomy) Between regular and irregular in form.


swiftae

From English Swift + -ae, in honor of American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift.

2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN (in English):

Nannaria swiftae
Nannaria swiftae#Translingual

(specific epithet)/species descriptor. only used in Nannaria swiftae.


lemannae

From English Lemann + -ae, in honor of Cate Lemann.

Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.

2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO (in English):

Prosopochrysa lemannae
Prosopochrysa lemannae#Translingual

(specific epithet) A species descriptor. only used in Prosopochrysa lemannae.