Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From a Day as a diminutive of David or as a given name of Old English origin + the patronymic suffix -s.

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Examples

  • Let's take a look at Deyes 'use of his second cite.

    Building Trees Sequentially 2008

  • Deyes: Yale University's Gavin Naylor showed just how inaccurate such comparisons could be in the context of the vertebrate evolutionary tree.

    Building Trees Sequentially 2008

  • Deyes: We seem so intent on placing all of life within an assumed evolutionary framework that, even when genetic differences are inconsistent with supposed taxonomic proximity, we explain away these differences simply on the basis of different rates of evolution.

    Building Trees Sequentially 2008

  • Deyes goes on to discuss rhodopsin before throwing this red hot pepper in the pot:

    Building Trees Sequentially 2008

  • Deyes makes this observation about fine tuning at the linked blog entry:

    2008 September - Telic Thoughts 2008

  • Deyes: UCLA biologists Laura Maley and Charles Marshall noted how genetic sequence comparisons carried out between different animal phyletic groups can lead to significantly different interpretations of evolutionary relationships depending on which species is chosen to represent each group.

    Building Trees Sequentially 2008

  • Um ... you know, given that this appears to be a perfectly reasonable explanation for Fibonacci sequences in nature, it's not clear where Denyse's hero Deyes is going here, but let's not jump to conclusions.

    Catholic girls are such teases, aren't they? CC 2008

  • Um ... you know, given that this appears to be a perfectly reasonable explanation for Fibonacci sequences in nature, it's not clear where Denyse's hero Deyes is going here, but let's not jump to conclusions.

    Archive 2008-06-01 CC 2008

  • OK, just more naturalism here and there's not much blog post left so I'm still not sure where Deyes is going with this ... ahhhh, here we go:

    Archive 2008-06-01 CC 2008

  • OK, just more naturalism here and there's not much blog post left so I'm still not sure where Deyes is going with this ... ahhhh, here we go:

    Catholic girls are such teases, aren't they? CC 2008

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