Definitions

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  • adjective Barber (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Barber's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Barber.

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Examples

  • Other evergreen species in these montane forests include Calophyllum austroindicum, Garcinia rubro-echinata, Garcinia travancorica, Diospyros barberi, Memecylon subramanii, Memecylon gracile, Goniothalamus rhyncantherus, and Vernonia travancorica.

    South Western Ghats montane rain forests 2008

  • Then the lancers cleared the street at full galop for the horse races (barberi), and at once an immense procession of Polichinelli and ridiculous equestrians in Don Quixote armour organised itself and rode down the Corso at a trot in parody.

    Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906

  • These were followed by the _corso dei barberi_ -- barbed horse-races without riders -- down the longest street of the town.

    James Fenimore Cooper 1901

  • Then the lancers cleared the street at full galop for the horse races (_barberi_), and at once an immense procession of Polichinelli and ridiculous equestrians in Don Quixote armour organised itself and rode down the

    Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Georg Morris Cohen Brandes 1884

  • A detachment of carbineers, fifteen abreast, galloped up the Corso in order to clear it for the barberi.

    The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • "You might as well have tried to stop number three of the barberi, who gained the prize in the race to-day," replied Franz; "and then moreover, what could happen to him?"

    The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • Though they are not considered harmful, many Assassin Bugs will bite if carelessly handled, and Pselliopus barberi is no exception.

    What's That Bug? 2009

  • This is a species of Assassin Bug in the genus Pselliopus, most likely Pselliopus barberi.

    What's That Bug? 2009

  • But when it was felt that the show was ended -- when the twelve prisoners released in honour of the day, and the very _barberi_ or race-horses, with the arms of their owners embroidered on their cloths, had followed up the Signoria, and been duly consecrated to San Giovanni, and every one was moving from the window -- Nello, whose Florentine curiosity was of that lively canine sort which thinks no trifle too despicable for investigation, put his hand on Tito's shoulder and said --

    Romola George Eliot 1849

  • Northern Corn Rootworm Beetle - Diabrotica barberi

    Iowa Voice 2008

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