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- adjective
Cook (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cook's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the McDonald Islands, tussock grass Poa cookii is common on eastern slopes and lower parts of the plateau, while cushions of Azorella selago cover higher areas, with Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica, and dwarf shrub Acaena magellanica.
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Short tussock grass Poa cookii, with cushions of the herb Colobanthus kerguelensis are present in coastal areas, with Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica and Azorella selago cushions in established moraines and valleys up to 200 m.
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It is dominated by Poa foliosa, either in pure stands or allied with P. cookii and/or Stilbocarpa polaris.
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The Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service also runs a captive breeding program for the endangered Norfolk Island green parrot (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii).
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On Heard Island, nearly all non-parasitic insects are associated with Azorella selago, Poa cookii and Pringlea antiscorbutica, the most common vascular plant species.
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Early settlers found islands covered with mixed-species subtropical rainforest, and inhabited by an abundant and highly endemic avifauna, including the Norfolk Island green parrot (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii).
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The rats preyed on the native burrowing seabird the Cook's petrel Pterodroma cookii, while the cats preyed on both the rats and the birds.
Now stop blaming the cats for everything AYDIN 2007
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The rats preyed on the native burrowing seabird the Cook's petrel Pterodroma cookii, while the cats preyed on both the rats and the birds.
Archive 2007-12-01 AYDIN 2007
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Araucaria cookii tree in Lalbagh has a girth of 7 m and height of 50 m.
The Hindu - Home 2010
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In addition, they are planting 2,000 Cook's desert parsley seeds - Lomatium cookii - in
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