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Science Key Words
a: not or withoutannelus: little ringantho: flowerarthro: jointedaskos: bladderaster: starautos: selfavis: birdblennios: mucusbrachion: armbrevis: shortbryon: mosscephalus: headcheilos: margin, lipchondros: cartilagechorda: cordcytos (kytos): hollow vesselderm: skindiplos: double, twodino: horribleechino: spiny
mesos: middlemolluscus: softnoton: backoo: eggokios (eco): houseoligo: fewosteon: bonepycno: densityplasma: moldpod or pous: footporus: poreproctos: anusrectus: straightsapiens: wisesaur: lizardspinus: spinesteno: narrowtrophos: feederuro (oura): tailzoon (zoa): animal
ectos: outsideendon: withinenteron: guteu: trueeury: widefera: bearingflagella: whipsgastro: stomachgnathos: jawgymnos: nakedhaline: salthelminthes: wormheteros: differenthypsi: highhomos: same, commonichthys: fishknide (cnide): nettlekoilos (coelos): hollowplaty: flatmamma: breast
SOME LATIN AND GREEK ROOT WORDS AND THEIR ENGLISH MEANINGS
Dinosaur
Dinoflagellate
Cephalopoda Arthropoda
Ectoderm/Epidermis
Endoderm/Gastroderm
Cnidocyte
Cnidocyte
Coral Polyp
Rectus abdominus Superior rectus
Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes
Chondrocyte
Agnathan
Oocyte OogenesisBoutique
Tide Pool Blenny
Uses a euryhaline strategy. OviparousDemersal
Hypsoblennius caulopus
Oligotropic Eutrophic
Biological Nomenclature
A species is both defined by its genus name and specific name.
Ex. Panthera tigris
Panthera- genus name
tigris- species name
Common names
Confusing
Ambiguous
Scientific names
Agreed upon system
Names
• Portuguese Man-of-War
• Bluebottle
• Physalia physalis
NamesLanguage
Latin or Latinized
Giving names
A highly technical process
Name is author’s choice
Commemorate People• Gardenia jasminoides (Dr. Alexander Garden)• Camellia japonica (Joseph Kamel)• Strelitzia reginae (Queen Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)• Siegesbeckia orientalis (Dr. Siegesbeck)
Descriptive
• Cardinalis cardinalis (red)• Railus aquaticus (watery)• Passer domesticus (house)
Geographic Location
• Kuhlia sandwicensis (Hawaii)• Periplanata americana
(American cockroach)• Zosterops japonica
(Japanese white-eye)
Pronunciation• Divide into syllables
• Choose where to place emphasis
Mon/a/chus schau/in/slan/di
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Monachus schauinslandi
Humor in namingAgra vation by Terry Erwin
a tropical beetle that was apparently very difficult to collect.
(Agra cadabra, Agra katewinslettae, Agra memnon, Agra sasquatch)
Heerz lukenatcha.
http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/puns/puns.html
Humor in naming
A spider called Orson-wells malus
A flower called Eristalis gatesi
An ant called Pheidole harrisonfordi