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eugenii

eugenii

Translingual

Noun

eugenii

  1. Used as a specific epithet; found on Ile Eugeni. [from 1817]

See also

Latin

Adjective

eugenīī

  1. nominative masculine plural of eugenīus
  2. genitive masculine singular of eugenīus
  3. genitive neuter singular of eugenīus
  4. vocative masculine plural of eugenīus

Etymology

New Latin, from Ile Eugene, the 19th century French name of St Peter Island of South Australia, after Eugene Hamelin, commander of the ship Naturaliste. The name was used by the French naturalist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest for the specific epithet of Macropus eugenii, where he found the species he described.

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