Definitions
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- adjective
Ferguson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Ferguson's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Ferguson.
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E. fergusonii (CU928158), was chosen to root the tree. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0008700.g003
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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