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

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Moore, especially George Thomas Moore.

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Examples

  • Oh, I've also slowly been making my way through the new (September) issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, and have read, over the past few days, "A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation of Japan," "The anatomy and systematics of Colepiocephale lambei [Dinosauria: Pachychephalosauridae]," and "Rapid somatic expansion causes the brain to lag behind: the case of the brain and behavior of New Zealand's Haast's Eagle [Harpagornis moorei]."

    So not awake it hurts. greygirlbeast 2009

  • Among these are Chauna chavarria, Cairina moschata, Sarkidiornis melanotos, Dendrocygna autumnalis, Dendrocygna bicolor, and important fishes such as Brycon moorei, Ichthyoelephas longirostris, Prochilodus reticulatus, Petenia krausii, and Tarpon atlanticus.

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • Only several tree species are common here, including Eucryphia moorei and Antarctic beech (Nothofagus moorei), which can form extensive stands.

    Eastern Australian temperate forests 2008

  • The region is one of the four distribution centers for Nothofagus moorei, which predominates in cool temperate rain forest.

    Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

  • Other noteworthy endemics are Dendrobium moorei and Bubbia howeana.

    Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

  • Above 900 m on Mount Nothofagus and Mount Ballow, areas of cool temperate rain forest with Nothofagus moorei occur, representing the largest single stand of N. moorei in the Border Ranges area.

    Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

  • Barrington Tops mark the southern limit of Nothofagus moorei, with stands also occurring in Kerripit Beech Flora Reserve.

    Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

  • Cool temperate rain forest dominated by Nothofagus moorei reaches its northern limit in the nominated property.

    Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

  • Other historically extinct species include the giant flightless moas, which could grow to more than 3.5 meters in height, the bizarre flightless adzebill (Aptornis), which weighed up to 10 kilograms and bears no resemblance to any other known bird, and the largest eagle in the world, Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei), which preyed on moa.

    Biological diversity in New Zealand 2008

  • It most likely represents the most formidable eagle of all-- the recently extinct Haast's Eagle, Harpagornis moorei.

    When Birds Attack.... 2006

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