Definitions
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- adjective
Parry (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Parry's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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Desert larkspur (Delphinium parryi) is a perennial that has woody rootstocks but also sprouts only in wetter years.
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Commonly known as 'bunchgrass prairie', the fescue grasslands ecoregion is typified by the festuca/danthonia grass association (Festuca scabrella and Danthonia parryi).
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(Macropus parryi) is also known as the Whiptail Wallaby, Grey-faced Wallaby, Grey or Blue Flierand and is found in eastern Australia. photo: Creative Commons/Gordon Wrigley
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Characteristic wildlife of the Taiga ecoregion are woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus spp. caribou), moose (Alces alces), bison (Bison bison), wolf (Canis lupus), black bear (Ursus americanus), marten (Martes americana), lynx (Lynx canadensis), and Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryi).
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