Science Key Words

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Science Key Words
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SOME LATIN AND GREEK ROOT WORDS AND THEIR ENGLISH
MEANINGS
mesos middle molluscus soft noton back oo
egg okios (eco) house oligo few osteon
bone pycno density plasma mold pod or pous
foot porus pore proctos anus rectus
straight sapiens wise saur lizard spinus
spine steno narrow trophos feeder uro (oura)
tail zoon (zoa) animal
a not or without annelus little ring antho
flower arthro jointed askos bladder aster
star autos self avis bird blennios
mucus brachion arm brevis short bryon
moss cephalus head cheilos margin,
lip chondros cartilage chorda cord cytos
(kytos) hollow vessel derm skin diplos double,
two dino horrible echino spiny
ectos outside endon within enteron gut eu
true eury wide fera bearing flagella
whips gastro stomach gnathos jaw gymnos
naked haline salt helminthes worm heteros
different hypsi high homos same,
common ichthys fish knide (cnide) nettle koilos
(coelos) hollow platy flat mamma breast
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Dinosaur
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Dinoflagellate
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Cephalopoda
Arthropoda
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Coral Polyp
Ectoderm/ Epidermis
Cnidocyte
Endoderm/ Gastroderm
Cnidocyte
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Rectus abdominus
Superior rectus
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Chondrichthyes
Osteichthyes
Chondrocyte
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Agnathan
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Oocyte
Oogenesis Boutique
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Tide Pool Blenny
Hypsoblennius caulopus 
Uses a euryhaline strategy. Oviparous Demersal
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Oligotropic
Eutrophic
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Biological Nomenclature
A species is both defined by its genus name and
specific name. Ex. Panthera tigris Panthera-
genus name tigris- species name
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Names
Common names Confusing Ambiguous Scientific
names Agreed upon system

• Portuguese Man-of-War
• Bluebottle
• Physalia physalis

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Names
Language Latin or Latinized Giving names A highly
technical process Name is authors choice
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Commemorate People

• Gardenia jasminoides (Dr. Alexander Garden)
• Camellia japonica (Joseph Kamel)
• Strelitzia reginae (Queen Charlotte of
  Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
• Siegesbeckia orientalis (Dr. Siegesbeck)

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Descriptive

• Cardinalis cardinalis (red)
• Railus aquaticus (watery)
• Passer domesticus (house)

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Geographic Location

• Kuhlia sandwicensis (Hawaii)
• Periplanata americana (American cockroach)
• Zosterops japonica
• (Japanese white-eye)

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Pronunciation

• Divide into syllables
• Choose where to place emphasis

Monachus schauinslandi
Mon/a/chus schau/in/slan/di
Hawaiian Monk Seal
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Humor in naming
Agra 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
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Humor in naming
A spider called Orson-wells malus
A flower called Eristalis gatesi
An ant called Pheidole harrisonfordi