scientific name
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Viewers were invited to submit a proposed scientific name along with a justification.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
The frog was logged under specimen number KU 221832 and given the scientific name Dendrobates duellmani.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
When researchers discovered a gecko that reminded them of the paintings of van Gogh, they gave it the scientific name Cnemaspis vangoghi.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024
The fox, which goes by the scientific name, Dusicyon avus, was of a medium size weighing 10-15 kg.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024
The scientific name for the “corn” that was cultivated in the Americas is Zea mays.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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