Spyke
fedia.io

Species named like this are called "autonymous". Like rattus rattus or puffinus puffinus.

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salvariareply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

I was interested in a list of species like this, but couldn't find anything when searching for "autonym". Did you mean "Tautonym" instead?

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Oh doh yes I do! Once again I got tautonym and autonym mixed up. Autonym is within a species - like homo sapiens sapiens to distinguish from homo sapiens neanderthalensis.

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lemmy.world

stupid Buffalo latin name not being buffalo, otherwise this would fit:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

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Comment105reply
lemm.ee

Buffaloan bison bison bison that Buffaloan bison bison bison buffalo also buffalo Buffaloan bison bison bison.

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Redredmereply
lemmy.world

I dont know what you're talking about. My dumb brain just completes this with:

mushroom, MUSHROOM. A snake oh no its a snake it's a.....

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It's that the Latin name for the Common Bay Area Bartender? Or do I have it mixed up?

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Monke monke ! A shame that game got ruined by little kids

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Enkrodreply
feddit.org

Diceros bicornis

The twohorned twohorn... this is wild.

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lemm.ee

Personally I prefer Equus Caballus

Ð scientific name for Horse is just a fancier way of saying "horse horse"

Humanity is not often an especially creative race

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lengaureply
midwest.social

The grizzly bear is Ursos arctos horribilis, which translates as "horrible bear bear."

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Which is kind of funny because of miscommunication, they thought they were naming a grisly bear.

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Swedneckreply
discuss.tchncs.de

shoutout for using thorn and eth, but man using just eth as a short for "the" took me a couple seconds to figure out.

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It's borrowed from Shavian's idea of short handing certain grammar words. Were I a bolder man I'd be doing ð same for for, but, and, not, so, to, and oðers, along wið a host of orþographic reforms.

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