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

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Walker.

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Examples

  • Three species are recognized: P. walkeri the type species, P. tubicen, and the short-crested P. cyrtocristatus.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Michael James 2009

  • Amphibians include various species of Eleutherodactylus, especially in higher elevation zones, E. ruthveni, E. tayrona, E. cristinae, E. sanctamartae and a species of the only endemic genus of the Sierra Nevada, Geobatrachus walkeri.

    Santa Marta montane forests 2008

  • In 1983, amateur palaeontologist William Walker discovered Baryonyx walkeri in the Weald Clay of Ockley, a specimen that proved to be a ‘Rosetta stone’ for the interpretation of a hitherto enigmatic theropod group, the spinosaurids.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Included: Ravenala madagascarienis, Ligustrum walkeri, sights.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Included: Ravenala madagascarienis, Ligustrum walkeri, sights.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Included: Ravenala madagascarienis, Ligustrum walkeri, sights.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun 2010

  • One of the prime fossil exhibits in the Natural History Museum in London is a heavy-clawed dinosaur called Baryonyx walkeri which was unearthed in a clay pit near Dorking in Surrey.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Included: Ravenala madagascarienis, Ligustrum walkeri, sights.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Included: Ravenala madagascarienis, Ligustrum walkeri, sights.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Included: Ravenala madagascarienis, Ligustrum walkeri, sights.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

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