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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Achatininae — landsnails , often large, common in the warm parts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Last year I had identified them as Achatina achatina, but a reader subsequently indicated that they were actually Archachatina marginata.
Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009
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The front end, to which the carriage is harnessed consist of a Giant snail (Achatina fulica), known also as Giant African Snail (Africans are known as the world fastest runners ).
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Last year I had identified them as Achatina achatina, but a reader subsequently indicated that they were actually Archachatina marginata.
They might be giants—they are AYDIN 2009
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Giant African snail, Achatina fulica, a potential ...
Cultured coconut milk, eh? AYDIN 2008
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I am not familiar with the taxonomy of giant African snails, but I am assuming these are Achatina achatina.
Archive 2008-01-01 AYDIN 2008
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Spotted deer (Axis axis) are now widespread throughout the Andamans, as is the African giant snail (Achatina fulica).
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Euglandina was introduced in the vain hope that it would control the African snail Achatina, and Murray et al. were able to document the extinction of their experimental animals as Euglandina spread across the islands, leaving us with what is probably the nest-documented case of a biocontrol program gone tragically astray.
Is there a statute of limitations for introduced species on Hawaii?—A reader’s response AYDIN 2008
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Giant African snail, Achatina fulica, a potential ...
Beveridge's beverage or the role of chance in scientific discoveries AYDIN 2008
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A review of a Nigerian restaurant in Brooklyn in the Village Voice, described the texture of the cooked Achatina as "unbelievably rubbery".
Archive 2008-01-01 AYDIN 2008
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Giant African snail, Achatina fulica, a potential ...
Digital image processing: to crop or not to crop? AYDIN 2008
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