Definitions
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- adjective
Andrews (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Andrews's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Andrews.
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Examples
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The only two forest birds are an endemic subspecies of the buff-banded rail (Rallus phillippensis andrewsi) and the Christmas Island white-eye (Zosterops natalis) which was introduced between 1885-1900.
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Protoceratops andrewsi, was active day and night, like many other herbivorous dinosaurs.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Protoceratops andrewsi, was active day and night, like many other herbivorous dinosaurs.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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