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- adjective
Darwin (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Darwin's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, while I'm in a paleo 'sort of mood, here's a marvelous thing: Puijila darwini, a semi-aquatic cousin of living seals, sea lions, and walruses.
My Birth Dinosaur! greygirlbeast 2009
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A single skeleton, about 65 per cent complete, Puijila darwini dates from the early Miocene epoch about 20 million years ago.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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A single skeleton, about 65 per cent complete, Puijila darwini dates from the early Miocene epoch about 20 million years ago.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Mammals are equally few with a mouse (Phyllotis darwini) and a fox (Pseudalopex griseus) encountered periodically.
Atacama desert 2007
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An undated artists rendering released Wednesday, by the Canadian Museum of Nature shows a line drawing of the skeleton and outline of the Puijila darwini, an otter-like fossil that was found on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic.
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An artist's conception shows Puijila darwini as otter-like, with a long tail and webbed feet.
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Extensive research established it as a 'missing link fossil', dubbed puijila darwini, the walking ancestor to seals, sea lions and walruses.
VoIP & Gadgets Blog 2009
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But Researchers describe Puijila darwini (illustration shown) as a walking seal, with the legs of a terrestrial animal, a seal-like skull and webbed feet.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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Puijila darwini, in freshwater sediments on Devon Island in the Canadian high Arctic.
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The most primitive pinniped fossil skeleton yet found is the Puijila darwini specimen that had been discovered in the year 2007 in an impact crater at Canadian Arctic.
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