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Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

8 pointsby oboesalmost 6 years ago

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dan-robertsonalmost 6 years ago
Another curiosity you get is difficult to spell/pronounce names. The article mentions Phtheria which is already tricky. A few other fun ones are Cnidaria and Ctenophora (both phyla containing some varieties of jellyfish) where in both cases the c is silent.