Definitions
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- adjective
Pratt (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Pratt's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Pratt.
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Examples
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The behaviour of the green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) with special reference to scatter hoarding.
Chapter 11 1991
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We studied three species of bats (Miniopterus schreibersii fuliginosus, Hipposideros armiger and H. pratti), representing the two suborders Yangochiroptera and Yinpterochiroptera.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Zhe Wang 2010
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