Definitions
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- adjective
Gardiner (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Gardiner's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Gardiner.
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Examples
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Reptiles include the endemic chameleon Chamaeleo tigris, Seychelles house snake Boaedon geometricus, Seychelles wolf snake Lycognathophis seychellensis, the introduced blind snake Ramphotyphlops braminus, green geckos Phelsuma sundbergi and P. astriata, bronze gecko Ailuronyx sechellensis, and skinks Mabuya sechellensis, Scelotes gardineri, and S. braueri.
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