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Examples

  • The dodo, it happens, has the scientific name Didus ineptus because it couldn’t fly.

    Recruiting A New Alice 2007

  • It was long after midnight before Didus ineptus went to earth.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • The only way to tackle the case of Didus ineptus was to go through it from its beginning to its present end in the peace of a deserted office.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • Refreshed, clad in silk, he opened a bottle of French claret and sipped the wine with relish; no guzzling for Didus ineptus!

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • When Didus ineptus parked his Chevy on Persimmon Street in its usual spot on Tuesday, November 5, his mind was filled with his own brilliance.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • At four in the morning Didus ineptus stole out of the place, wriggling on his elbows across the grass of the backyard until he reached the shelter of the side fence, down which grew a row of small pines.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • Didus ineptus or Raphus cucullatus, it seems an odd kind of name for a rapist.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • All of which, he decided at midnight, stretching painfully, pointed to a part of a motive for Didus ineptus: he intended to ruin the happiness and contentment of a number of professional women who irked him more than most of the breed.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • Didus ineptus it was, and Didus ineptus it is to me.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • Didus ineptus heard that conversation as well as several others, and ground his teeth—but inaudibly.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

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