Definitions
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- adjective Sternberg (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Sternberg's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Sternberg.
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Examples
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That formation is full of dinosaur bones from creatures like New Mexico’s hometown favorite, Pentaceratops sternbergii.
Steve Steve and the Fossil-Fossils of De-Na-Zin - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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