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Botanic nomenclature (lemmy.world)
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[+] 25 points 8 months ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    Pretty sure that temporaria is related in this case to temporal, not temporary. It'd be like frog of the times or frog of the right season or something like that.

    I could be wrong though.

    As for little shits I would try something with copro- in it. That's the greek word for shit. Like coprophage is a shiteater or Copromorphidae are a family of moths that have shit like camouflage.

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  • [+] 11 points 8 months ago* (1 child)
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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Looking for the backstory of the frog name, here's another gem from here.

    Now, the caterpillar remains alive for a while as the baby wasps eat it from the inside, bending and squirming as it becomes desiccated and dies. These wiggly movements made the scientists think of Shakira, and thus the species Aleiodes shakirae immortalized the Colombian singer in the annals of zoology.

    Zoologists are fun.

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    • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    A bunch of species of tarantula in the Thrixopelma genus recently got moved to their own genus Ewok. This genus includes the newly discovered Ewok aycarumba.

    https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18853

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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    • [–] 5 points 8 months ago*

    Also "sub-", at least in mycological names.

    The other day, I read that there's a mushroom called "Agaricus subsubensis" and I felt like I was being trolled.

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    [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Mamalian nomenclature:

    Lynx McLynxface

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    • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Aside from Amorphophallus holding a big wang in your face there will always be Rollulus rouloul for the lulz.

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