Definitions
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- adjective Wetmore (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Wetmore's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore
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Examples
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The endemic plain-flanked rail (EN) (Rallus wetmorei) is restricted to brackish lagoons and mangroves along a small stretch of this ecoregion on Venezuela's north coast.
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Among these are listed the spot-winged parrotlet Touit stictoptera (VU), redfaced parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops (VU), little woodstar Acestrura bombus (VU), coppery-chested jacamar Galbula pastazae (VU) and masked mountain tanager Buthraupis wetmorei (VU).
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