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An animal epithet is a name used to label a person or group, by association with some perceived quality of an animal. Epithets may be formulated as similes , explicitly comparing people with the named animal, as in "he is as sly as a fox", or as metaphors , directly naming people as animals, as in "he is a [sly] fox".
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name.
An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), [1] also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.
The specific epithet comes from the Greek letter pi, as an allusion to the shape of its throat marking. [40] Car pini Lea, 1911 - family Caridae. An Australian weevil found on pine trees, hence the specific epithet pìni. [41] Cis afer Fåhræus, 1871, Cis fagi Waltl, 1839 and Cis leoi Lopes-Andrade, Gumier-Costa & Zacaro, 2003 - family Ciidae.
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What was the first animal to visit space? The cow who jumped over the moon. What do you get when you mix a snake with a pie? A pie-thon. What’s a dog's favorite city? New York-ie.
Latin/Greek Language English Example Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix: acanthus etc.: G ἄκανθος (ákanthos): thorny, spiny: Acanthus plant; Parorchis acanthus, a flatworm
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