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29 Cards in this Set
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Taxonomy |
tax(o)- order, arrange; order arrangement + nomy- science of |
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Nomenclature |
Nomin/nomen- name Cla/cal- to shout, call |
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Linnaeus |
Before: long, unwieldy Latin names Linnaeus realized that the desire to have a useful name for the species was in conflict with the need to describe it After: Linnaeus freed nomenclature from the need to be descriptive |
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Rules for forming genus names from people |
Always feminine Names that end in a consonant, add -ia Names that end in vowels (except -a), add -a Names that end in -a, add -ia |
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Genus |
Family/kin group |
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Species |
Appearance/form |
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How binomia are written |
Use of special fonts to make them standout Capitalization of genus, lower case of species |
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What four types of words can serve as a specific epithet (or name) |
Adjectives Participles Nouns in apposition Nouns in the genitive case |
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Ways that nouns in the genitive case are used |
OF or -s possession Ex: Taurus means "bull" Tauri means "of a bull" To name species after a man, -i is added to his name To name a species after a woman, -ae is added to her name |
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Appositives |
Nouns that follow other nouns and describe them Ex: my brother, a lawyer |
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Cardinal |
Indicates quantity, 12345 |
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Ordinal |
Indicates order, 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th |
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Bis in biscuit |
Twice |
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Mirabile dictu |
Marvelous in respect to telling Today- a marvel/wonder to tell/report |
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Inter nos |
Between us Today- same but with the sense that the thing told us to remain secret to us only |
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Corpus delicti |
Body of crime Today- concrete evidence of a crime |
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Habeas corpus |
Present/produce the body Today- in a law court a proceeding that requires that prosecutor to produce sufficient evidence of the guilt of the accused |
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Nota bene |
Note well Today- directs the attention of a reader or listener to something important |
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Climactic |
Height, apex, climax |
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Climatic |
Climate, weather associated with longitudinal lines |
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Extant |
Something that stands out, survives |
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Extinct |
Extinguish, kill, destroy |
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Official |
Of or pertaining to duty, authority |
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Officious |
Too concerned with a job (negative) |
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Stratum |
Strata |
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Nucleus |
Nuclei |
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Alumna |
Alumnae |
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Index |
Indices |
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Psychosis |
Psychoses |
