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scientific name

noun as in genus and species epithet

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Its full scientific name is Pyrocystis lunula.

She has given the new fish a scientific name with a personal twist: Harriota avia.

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When researchers discovered a gecko that reminded them of the paintings of van Gogh, they gave it the scientific name Cnemaspis vangoghi.

The brown package brazenly listed “Psilocybin Cubensis” — the scientific name for magic mushrooms — as an ingredient.

The proposed scientific name for the resident northern population is Patagona chaski.

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