taxonomic name
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The newly-discovered dinosaur has been given the taxonomic name Jakapil kaniukura, as paleontologists detailed in a recent article in the journal Scientific Reports.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2022
More formally they’ve dubbed it Carcharhinus obsolerus—the second word in the taxonomic name is Latin for “extinct.”
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2019
In 2011, the artist-formerly-known-as-golden-bum-fly officially got her new taxonomic name: Scaptia beyonceae.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2016
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