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

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Two endemic birds, the ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum), bridled sparrow (Aimorphilla mystacalis), and one plant, locally called tetecho (Lemairocereus weberi), inhabit this region.

    Tehuacán Valley matorral 2007

  • In the Papaloapan basin, the cardon (Lemairocereus weberi) are abundant, as is quiotillo (Escontria chiotilla).

    Tehuacán Valley matorral 2007

  • The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus weberi) is a subspecies endemic to Flores island in the Wallacea Hotspot.

    Biological diversity in Wallacea 2008

  • Hypostomus weberi has been imported for the aquarium trade, where it has been known as

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • Pedro Hollanda Carvalho, Flávio Lima and Cláudio Zawadzki name the two new plecs Hypostomus kopeyaka and H. weberi in a recent issue of the journal Neotropical Ichthyology.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • Hypostomus weberi is distinguished from congeners in the H. cochliodon group in having bicuspid teeth with a rounded mesial cusp that is considerably larger than the outer cusp, a unique colour pattern composed of large, black, rounded spots widely-spaced and sharply defined, on the head, dorsal surface and fins, and the presence of a buccal papilla.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

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