Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Townsend (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Townsend's ..."
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word townsendii.
Examples
-
Two species of endemic reptiles have also been identified, anolis lizard Norops townsendii and gecko Sphaerodactylus pacificus.
Isla del Coco Marine and Terrestrial Conservation Area, Costa Rica 2008
-
These include, but are not limited to, a number of land snails and salamanders, a variety of plant species including orchids and many herbaceous plants, the red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus), the Virginia big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii virginianus), the red wolf (Canis rufus) and the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus).
-
Two additional mammals which are candidates for listing as nationally threatened include Townsend's big-eared bat Plecotus townsendii (I) and Pacific fisher Martes pennanti.
-
The two existing species of land reptiles, the anolis lizard (Norops townsendii) and the gecko (Sphaerodactylus pacificus), are endemic.
-
Have they never heard of Triticale, Primula kewensis, Fatshedera japonica, Spartina townsendii (this was of natural origin), Triticum aestivum (bread wheat)?
-
The rise of Spartina townsendii in the Thames River mudflats, circa 1865, would meet your requirements for an experiment not being "intentionally" set up, wouldn't it?
-
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE -- _Myiadestes townsendii_ 223
Birds of the Rockies 1896
-
It was Townsend's solitaire (_Myadestes townsendii_) -- a bird which is peculiar to the West, especially to the
Birds of the Rockies 1896
-
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE -- _Myiadestes townsendii_] [Illustration]
Birds of the Rockies 1896
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.