Definitions
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- adjective Pena (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Pena's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Pena.
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Examples
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II.p. 347. «4 y - f2f. luhgehnannia (albkans) (\xtal! t& penai - to, ramofiufculQ, apice capituliferoi foliis linearibuSt recuruisf fupra aari« culatis* NfiCK.
Spicilegium florae Goettingensis: plantas inprimis cryptogamicas Hercyniae ... 1778
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