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- adjective Agassizi (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Agassizi's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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The threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) makes its home in burrows and frequents desert oases, washes, and riverbanks throughout the Sonoran.
Sonoran desert 2009
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Desert Tortoise ( '' Gopherus agassizii ''), Nevada, United States.
Mojave desert 2008
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Both the Shoshones and the coyotes are fond of the flesh of Gopherus agassizii, the turtle that by feeding on buds, going without drink, and burrowing in the sand through the winter, contrives to live a known period of twenty-five years.
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Both the Shoshones and the coyotes are fond of the flesh of Gopherus agassizii, the turtle that by feeding on buds, going without drink, and burrowing in the sand through the winter, contrives to live a known period of twenty-five years.
The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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Gopherus agassizii, which live a century and spend most of their lives underground.
Biologists scour Mojave in desert tortoise roundup - latimes.com 2010
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The U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Moreno Valley, CA has a requirement for non-personal research and specialized skill services to evaluate the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) for clinical signs of health and disease.
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(Chelonia agassizii), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) turtles.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2009
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There are also hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricatus (CR), black turtle Chelonia agassizii (EN), olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (EN), leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea (EN) and loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (EN).
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The native range of California’s threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) includes the Mojave and Colorado deserts.
Mojave desert 2008
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Opisthoteuthis agassizii Richard Younge / Michael Vecchione / Roger Villanueva, Tree of Life project, 2002.
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