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Pronunciation & Meaning of Scientific Names Part 1
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Pronunciation & Meaning of Scientific Names Part 1 1 year, 6 months ago #4496
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Hi guys, took me a while to find this again, but here it is.
*Credit: Henry F. Beechhold - College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA. Theraphosidae (Greek), wild beast, monster + light + taxonomic designation (-idae) Acanthoscurria (Greek), thorn + (Latin), clownish, -o- (liaison letter, no meaning; applies throughout) antillensis Antilles + -ensis (Latin suffix, "belonging to") musculosa (Latin), mouse-like (mus is the source of "muscle," because of appearance) suina (Latin), swine Aphonopelma (Greek), silent + (sole of) foot anax (Greek), irregular (a[n] + ax[on], "off axis") armada (Latin), armed behlei (proper name + i) bicoloratum (Latin), bi-colored burica (Latin), brownish, reddish (?) caniceps (Latin), dog-like (?) chalcodes (Greek), copper, brass, bronze crinita (Latin), hairy duplex (Greek), double eutylenum (Greek), good (eu-) + knob, lump (-tylenum) hentzi (proper name + i) heterops (Greek), different, mixed (heter-) + eyes (-ops) moderatum (Latin), moderate pallidum (Latin), pallid, ashen rusticum (Latin), of the country, "countrified" seemanni (proper name + i) steindachneri (proper name + i) vorhiesi (proper name + i) Avicularia (Latin), small bird (avicula) + "-ary" (-arium, -aria, pertaining to) caesia (Latin), sky blue fasciculata (Latin), banded laeta (Latin), cheerful metallica (Latin), metallic minatrix (Latin), threatener nigrotaeniata (Latin), dark banded pulchra (Latin), beautiful ("pulchritudinous") purpurea (Latin), purple urticans (Latin), having nettles (in fact, barbed hairs) variegata (Latin), variegated versicolor (Latin), variegated (lit., changing colors) Brachypelma (Greek), short + (sole of) foot albopilosum (Latin), white + hair angustum (Latin), narrow auratum (Latin), airiness, glowing (possibly "golden," but properly that would be aureatum) baumgarteni (proper name + i) boehmei (proper name + i) emilia (Latin), rival (?) (or proper name) epicureanum (Latin from Greek), Epicurus, whose name came to mean "discriminating" fossorium (Latin), digger klaasi (proper name + i) sabulosum (Latin), sandy, gravelly smithi (proper name + i) vagans (Latin), wanderer Ceratogyrus (Latin), horn + curved bechuanicus (place name: from Bechuanaland) brachycephalus (Greek), short-headed darlingi (proper name + i) Chaetopelma (Greek), bristle, hair + (sole of) foot olivaceum (Latin), olive (colored) shabati (proper place name + i) Chilobrachys (Greek), lip + short andersoni (proper name + i) sericeus (Latin), silken Chromatopelma (Greek), colored + (sole of) foot cyaneopubescens (Greek), cyan, greenish blue + (Latin), fuzzy, hairy Citharacanthus (Greek), lute (musical instrument) + thorn(y) crawshayi (proper name + i) crinirufus (Latin), hair + red, reddish longipes (Latin), long + foot Coremiocnemis (Greek) broom(-like) + shin validus (Latin), strong Cyclosternum (Greek), circle, circular + sternum, breastbone fasciatum (Latin), band, necklace Cyrtopholis (Greek), bulging, curved + scaly portoricae (Latin), carry Ephebopus (Greek), youth (ful) + foot fossor (Greek), digger murinus (Latin), mouse-colored Eucratoscelus (Greek), good + power + leg longiceps (Latin), long Eupalaestrus (Greek + Latin), good + wrestler weijeinberghi (proper name + i) Hapalopus (Greek), soft + foot Haplopelma (Greek), single, same + (sole of) foot albostriatum (Latin), white + striped lividum (Latin), blue minax (Latin), threatening Harpactira (Greek), plunderer atra (Latin), black Heteroscodra (Greek), different + shield, escutcheon (?), possibly "hair" crassipes (Latin), thick + foot maculata (Latin), spotted, marked Heterothele (Greek), different + nipple. Should this be -sthele, "strength," "energy"(?) villosella (Latin), shaggy, hairy + seat (Or a proper name) Hysterocrates (Greek), womb + strong gigas (Greek), giant hercules (Greek, Latin), Herculean laticeps (Latin), broad, wide + septum, division robustus (Latin), robust Iridopelma (Latin + Greek), rainbow (iridescence) + (sole of) foot hirsuta (Latin), rough, shaggy, hairy zorodes (Greek), live + rosy, pink Ischnocolus (Greek), restrain(ed) + inhabitant hancocki (proper name + i) Lampropelma (Greek), bright, shiny + (sole of) foot violaceopedes (Latin), purple + feet Lasiodora (Greek), shaggy + hide, skin difficilis (Latin), difficult, troublesome erythrocithara (Greek), red + zither, lyre (?) parahybana (probably derived from place name) Megaphobema (Greek), large + fearsome peterklaasi (proper name + i) robustum (Latin), robust velvetosoma (Latin + Greek), shaggy hair + body Metriopelma (Greek), moderate (from "measure") + (sole of) foot zebrata (Latin), zebra-like (but see "horse" and "fierce") Nhandu (Probably from a place name) carapoensis (Probably from place name) Ornithoctonus (Greek), bird + comb Pamphobeteus (Greek), all + beet-colored antinous (Greek) From mythical youth known for his beauty(?) fortis (Latin), strong, vigorous insignis (Latin), notable, distinguished by a mark nigricolor (Latin), black, dark, dusky + color ornatus (Latin), ornate Paraphysa (Latin + Greek), in front of + bellows manicata (Latin) long-sleeved scrofa (Latin), sow Phoneyusa (Greek), sound + (?) rutilata (Latin), reddish yellow, golden Phormictopus (Greek), thief(?) + place cancerides (Latin, Greek), hard (as crab shell) cubensis (Latin, Greek), cubic (Possibly intended for Cuba?) nesiotes (Greek), islander Phrixotrichus (Greek), fright(?) + hair ("scary hairy?") actaeon (Greek), Greek mythological hunter alticeps (Latin), high + septum, division burzaquensis (Place name, from Burzaque ?) cala (Latin), cunning, sly (?) grossa (Latin), large, thick, coarse iheringi (proper name + i) mollicoma (Latin), soft + hair spatulata (Latin), spatulate Plesiopelma (Greek), near, close + (sole of) foot longisternale (Latin), long + sternum Poecilotheria (Latin + Greek), colored + beast bara (Latin (?)), voracious (?) fasciata (Latin), banded formosa (Latin), beautiful, finely formed metallica (Latin), metallic miranda Latin), wonderful ornata (Latin), ornate regalis (Latin), kingly, regal rufilata (Latin), rufus, reddish striata (Latin), striated, striped subfusca (Latin), brownish Psalmopoeus (Greek), song + create cambridgei (proper name + i) reduncus (Latin), bent, curved back Pseudotheraphosa (Greek), false + beast + light apophysis (Greek), swelling (tibial spurs) Pterinochilus (Greek), wing, feather + lip, gill affinis (Latin), adjoining, bordering constrictus (Latin), constrained hindei (proper name + i) meridionalis (Latin), southerly sjoestedti (proper name + i) spinifer (Latin), spiny, thorny vorax (Latin), voracious, greedy widenmanni (proper name + i) Selenocosmia (Greek), brightness + order, ornament, universe honesta (Latin), honor, beauty, grace javanensis (place name: from Java) lanipes (Latin), wool, cotton + foot (If properly langi-, then "long") lyra (Latin), lyre (shaped?) strubelli (proper name + i) sumatrana (place name: from Sumatra) Sericopelma (Latin + Greek), silken + (sole of) foot generala (Latin), general, member of a species immensa (Latin), immense, huge melanotarsum (Greek), dark + tarsus (ankle) Sphaerobothria (Greek), sphere + trough hoffmanni (proper name + i) Stromatopelma (Greek), covered + (sole of) foot calceatum (Latin), having shoes griseipes (Latin), gray + foot Tapinauchenius (Greek), low + neck plumipes (Latin), feather + foot Theraphosa (Greek), beast + light blondi (Latin, possibly Germanic), blond, golden, flaxen Vitalius (Latin), vital, alive cesteri (Latin), girdle, belt (?) platyomma (Greek), broad, flat + eye(s) roseus (Latin), rose-colored sorocabae (? Many options on this one, a place name?) Xenesthis (Greek), stranger + strong immanis (Latin), enormous, monstrous, frightful monstrosa (Latin), monstrous Androctonus (Greek), male, strength + comb australis (Greek), southern Buthus (Greek), bottom of the sea (?) occitanus (?) (Several options) Centruroides (Greek), center, sharp point, spiny exilicauda (Latin), thin + tail gracilis (Latin), thin, unadorned testaceus (Latin), tile-like Hottenttota (from "Hottentot") judaica (Latin), Jewish, Israeli Isometrus (Greek), single, uniform + measure maculatus (Latin), spotted, blotched, stained Leiurus (Greek), smooth(?) + tail quinquestriatus (Latin), five + striated Diplocentrus (Greek), double + sharp point (spine) Hadogenes (Greek), Hades(?) + born of (hellborn?) (if properly Hadr-, then "thick") Lioscheles (Greek), smooth + rib Opisthacanthus (Greek), behind + thorn, spine asper (Latin), rough (also "white" from same root) Anuroctonus (Greek), without tail + comb phaiodactylus (Greek), dark, dusky + digit (i.e., finger, toe) Hadrurus (Greek), thick, bulky + tail ("the tail from hell?") arizonensis (place name: from Arizona) pallidus (Latin), pale, yellowish spadix (Latin, Greek), pull, tear Heterometrus (Greek), other, unlike + measure (or "mother") longimanus (Latin), broad, long + hand Pandinus (Latin), curved cavimanus (Latin), cavity, hollow place + hand imperator (Latin), emperor Scorpio (Greek), scrape, Skorpios (place name) maurus (Latin from Berber), Moor, Moorish (dark?) Paruroctonus (Latin + Greek), adorned + comb becki (proper name + i) boreus (Latin), northern gracilior (Latin), simple, unadorned, thin luteolus (Latin), yellow mesaensis (Spanish from Latin), mesa (= from the mesa) sylvestrii (proper name + i) utahensis (place name: from Utah) Serradigitus (Latin), serrated + digit (i.e., finger, toe) Vaejovis (Latin), very + jovial (after Jove, Jupiter?) carolinianus (place name: from Carolina) coahuilae (place name: from Coahuila) confusus (Latin), mixed spinigerus (Latin), spiny Uroctonus (Greek), tail + comb (Latin uro means "burn," "inflame") mordax (Latin), sharp, stinging Mastigoproctus (Greek) whip + anus, rear giganteus (Greek), gigantic |
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Re:Pronunciation & Meaning of Scientific Names Part 1 1 year, 5 months ago #6353
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