Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of herbaceous vernoniaceous composites of America, of a dozen species, one of which (E. scaber) is a common weed in most tropical countries.
- noun A genus of acalephs.
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- noun perennial American herb
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Examples
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The Galápagos giant tortoises (Geochelone elephantopus).
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Giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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The giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) is a good example of how the variety of endemic individuals rises greatly when incorporating subspecies, since it has 11 subspecies remaining of the original 14.
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Geochelone elephantopus, the other giant tortoise.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Geochelone elephantopus, the other giant tortoise.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Baguian is famed throughout those seas as a rookery for the giant tortoise -- _testudo elephantopus_.
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It was a gigantic tortoise -- a specimen of _Testudo elephantopus_ -- a huge cumbersome brute.
The Blue Germ Maurice Nicoll 1918
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"If found, these purebred C. elephantopus individuals could constitute core founders of a captive breeding program directed towards resurrecting this species."
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By comparing the living hybrids' DNA to that in museums, "the newly sampled individuals can only be explained if one of their two parents were C. elephantopus", said the research.
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And given the genetic diversity of the sample, scientists believe the minimum number of contributing purebred C. elephantopus parents would be 38.
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