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  2. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...

  3. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Drosophila gene. Lunatic Fringe, Manic Fringe, and Radical Fringe. MAP kinase kinase kinase and MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase. MinosPhrime [5] Named after Minos Prime from the video game ULTRAKILL. Found in flower beds outside of college dormitory building, dug 2 inches deep into the soil. Soil was woodchip-heavy.

  4. SCIgen - Wikipedia

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    SCIgen. SCIgen is a paper generator that uses context-free grammar to randomly generate nonsense in the form of computer science research papers. Its original data source was a collection of computer science papers downloaded from CiteSeer. All elements of the papers are formed, including graphs, diagrams, and citations.

  5. List of chemical compounds with unusual names - Wikipedia

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    C 8 H 8, the name derives from the resemblance to a barrel. [6] Basketane. Basketane. pentacyclo [4.4.0.0 2,5.0 3,8.0 4,7]decane (C 10 H 12), a polycyclic alkane with a structure similar to a basket. [3] Bowtiediene. Bowtiediene. Spiropentadiene, a polycyclic alkene with a 2D projection similar to a bowtie.

  6. List of bacterial genera named after personal names - Wikipedia

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    Blautia – Michael Blaut, a German microbiologist. Bordetella – Jules Bordet, a Belgian microbiologist. Borkar – Suresh Borkar, an Indian scientist. Borrelia – Amédée Borrel, a French scientist. Bosea – J. C. Bose, the founder of the Bose Institute. Bowmanella – John P. Bowman, an Australian microbiologist.

  7. List of organs of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Structures. Muscles. See also. v. t. e. This article contains a list of organs in the human body. It is widely believed that there are 79 organs (this number goes up if you count each bone and muscle as an organ on their own, which is becoming a more common practice [1][2]); however, there is no universal standard definition of what constitutes ...

  8. Scientific terminology - Wikipedia

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    Scientific terminology is the part of the language that is used by scientists in the context of their professional activities. While studying nature , scientists often encounter or create new material or immaterial objects and concepts and are compelled to name them.

  9. List of long species names - Wikipedia

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    Butternut canker is a lethal fungal disease of butternut trees, Juglans cinerea. It was originally described as Sirococcus klavicincinnatigenti-juglandaceous (37 letters), already a long name, but after it was moved in 2011 to the genus Ophiognomonia, [8] it became one of the longest accepted binomials.