Definitions

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  • noun The Monterey pine.

Etymologies

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From Latin īnsignis, in reference to its rapid growth. Compare remarkable pine.

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Examples

  • CK Yeo Eirmotus insignis, or the eight-banded barb, is a zebra-striped fish.

    Borneo 2010

  • I read another paper from the new Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology — — "Mahajangasuchus insignis [Crocodyliformes; Mesoeucrocodylia] cranial anatomy and new data on the origin of the eusuchian-style palate."

    At Least I'm Not At Dragon*Con (Part Two) greygirlbeast 2008

  • The plateau of Bandiagara is covered in a typically Sudanian savanna flora, including communities of Daniellia oliveri in association with Butyrospermum parkii, Parkia biglobosa, Terminalia macroptera, Khaya senegalensis, Vitex cienkowskii, Prosopis africana and brush species such as Combretum micranthum, Heeria insignis and Guiera senegalensis.

    Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali 2009

  • Other avian flagships include the white-winged duck (Cairina scutulata, EN), the endemic white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis, EN), and the Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis, EN).

    Biological diversity in the Himalayas 2008

  • Swamp wood in shallower waters is often dominated by one or only a few species of trees and may include: Erythrina glauca, Pterocarpus officinalis in combination with Tabebuia insignis; Chrysobalanus icaco in combination with Annona glabra, Mauritia flexuosa, or Triplaris surinamensis.

    Paramaribo swamp forests 2008

  • Above 900 m. in altitude, there are smaller trees and palms such as Pithecellobium longifolium, Euterpe precatoria, Geomoma oxicarpa and the arborescent fern Trichipteris procera; many vascular epiphytes, Vriesia elata, Guzmania lingulata, large-leaved understory plants Calathea insignis, Diffenbachia longisphata; mosses and hepatics, Octoblepharum albidum, Leucomium compressum.

    Santa Marta montane forests 2008

  • There are also ancient relict species such as the Yunnan yew Taxus yunannensis, Taiwania flousiana, Magnolia rostrata, Nouelia insignis and Kingdonia uniflora among many others.

    Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, China 2008

  • Common experience and our sense will inform us how violently brute beasts are carried away with this passion, horses above the rest, — furor est insignis equarum.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Caput est Tunetum, sive Tunisa, vulgo Tunisi; insignis, vetus ac satis ampla urbs, quae ex Carthaginis ruinis crevit; emporium Venetis et Genuensibus aliisque mercatoribus celebre.

    The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

  • Landenum: Quique rerum humanarum experientia, circumspecta animi prudentia, sagacitate et consilio, habebatur insignis.

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

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