Definitions
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- adjective
Ridley (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Ridley's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Ridley.
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Examples
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UNEP lists two endemic invertebrates, a wasp (Polistes ridleyi), and a species of Gammarus, endemic in lake and streams; an endemic worm lizard, (Amphisbaena ridleyi), abundant on Morro do Pico; and an endemic genus of Dactyloscopidae fish found in a tide pool.
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Ridley's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ridleyi) roosts in the cavities of trees (in hollows and cavities of standing trees, under fallen trees and logs) and is listed as "vulnerable" on the
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