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Posted on February 4, 2019

“the unfortunate matter of the suffix -anus”

I am pretty sure I have overshared from John Wright’s “The Naming of the Shrew”but ah sure one more for the road: First, the unfortunate matter of the suffix -anus.…

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Posted on January 11, 2019January 8, 2019

Happy 50th Birthday Ballocephala verrucospora

I’ve posted quite a few bits from John Wright’s wonderful “The Naming of the Shrew” . Quite a few, in fact.  It is quite the treasure trove of entertaining and informative material. I have taken…

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Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

1939: A fish is named after John Steinbeck, who behaves rather shabbily in response

Surely 2019 sees no other 80th Anniversary more significant than this one? From “The Naming of the Shrew” by John Wright:     Has any taxonomist ever lived to regret…

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Posted on November 12, 2018November 10, 2018

The strange tale of Furia Infernalis

I have only read a little of John Wright’s “The Naming of the Shrew” but already this is the third extract I have found blog-post worthy. I had never heard of Furia…

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Posted on November 10, 2018November 10, 2018

Meet the dung cannon, the cabbage parachute, the crystal brain , the mousepee pinkgill, the midnight disco, and the scurfy twiglet

All the above are fungi, as I have discovered from reading John Wright’s  “The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names”   When I was a medical student I did…

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Posted on November 10, 2018November 10, 2018

Shrewstruck

From “The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names” by John Wright   It may sound extraordinary, but until recently the shrew had a most fearsome reputation.…

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