Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Brown (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Brown's ..."

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Brown, especially Nicholas Edward Brown or Robert Brown.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word browni.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.