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- proper noun A taxonomic
species within thegenus Euglossa — a recently identifiedorchid bee , native toBrazil .
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Previously misidentified as Euglossa ignita in 1874, Euglossa bazinga was identified as a distinct species in 2012 by Brazilian entomologist André Nemésio. Nemésio named the species after bazinga, a catchphrase that the character Sheldon Cooper on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory uses when playing a trick, because he felt the species had "tricked" scientists with its similarity to E. ignita.
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