Definitions
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- adjective
Barton (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Barton's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Barton.
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Examples
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The Arfak long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) was considered endangered before it was split from the Papuan echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) and presumably would still be considered so because it is a focal prey item for humans.
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The Arfak long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) was considered endangered before it was split from the Papuan echidna (Zaglossus bartoni), and presumably it would still be considered so because it is a focal prey item for humans.
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