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  • adjective Mason (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Mason's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Mason.

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Examples

  • In 1957 the incredibly significant Charnia masoni species was discovered at Charnwood

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • In 1957 the incredibly significant Charnia masoni species was discovered at Charnwood

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The team responsible for the S. masoni genome also used bioinformatic computational techniques to translate genetic sequence information into maps of over 600 enzymatic reactions arrayed in multiple metabolic pathways.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Some of these older names, which are now considered synonyms of O. m. irideus, include: “Salmo regalis,” the royal silver trout of Lake Tahoe; “S. smaragdus” the emerald trout of Pyramid Lake (these first two names were based on introduced hatchery rainbow trout); “S. beardslei” (a lake-adapted form of irideus that is a predator on kokanee salmon) of Crescent Lake in Washington; “S. rivularis,” the Sacramento River steelhead; and “S. masoni,” the Oregon brook trout.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Some of these older names, which are now considered synonyms of O. m. irideus, include: “Salmo regalis,” the royal silver trout of Lake Tahoe; “S. smaragdus” the emerald trout of Pyramid Lake (these first two names were based on introduced hatchery rainbow trout); “S. beardslei” (a lake-adapted form of irideus that is a predator on kokanee salmon) of Crescent Lake in Washington; “S. rivularis,” the Sacramento River steelhead; and “S. masoni,” the Oregon brook trout.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Some of these older names, which are now considered synonyms of O. m. irideus, include: “Salmo regalis,” the royal silver trout of Lake Tahoe; “S. smaragdus” the emerald trout of Pyramid Lake (these first two names were based on introduced hatchery rainbow trout); “S. beardslei” (a lake-adapted form of irideus that is a predator on kokanee salmon) of Crescent Lake in Washington; “S. rivularis,” the Sacramento River steelhead; and “S. masoni,” the Oregon brook trout.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Some of these older names, which are now considered synonyms of O. m. irideus, include: “Salmo regalis,” the royal silver trout of Lake Tahoe; “S. smaragdus” the emerald trout of Pyramid Lake (these first two names were based on introduced hatchery rainbow trout); “S. beardslei” (a lake-adapted form of irideus that is a predator on kokanee salmon) of Crescent Lake in Washington; “S. rivularis,” the Sacramento River steelhead; and “S. masoni,” the Oregon brook trout.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • (danilo. masoni@thomsonreuters.com; +39 02 661 29 734; Reuters Messaging: danilo. masoni.thomsonreuters@reuters.net)

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

  • (danilo. masoni@thomsonreuters.com; +39 02 661 29 734; Reuters Messaging: danilo. masoni.thomsonreuters@reuters.net)

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2009

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