No one will notice this nomenclatural coup, but there you go. From Wordnik.com. ["It kicks like a sleep twitch..."] Reference
Shall we designate these hybrids as "shellcans," "shagcans," or "hickcans," after the nomenclatural methods of present day plant breeders?. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The writers did note, however, that John–Cavil, One, whatever else you want to call him–is the only Cylon whose nomenclatural origin has been revealed. From Wordnik.com. [BATTLESTAR GALACTICA at the Paley Festival: Infecting with Accountability « TV BACON] Reference
Apparently it was meant to be just the preliminary nomenclatural part of a much larger revision of the whole group by Bryan Patterson, but this never appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
"There has (already) been a movement away from rank-based to tree-based approaches in biology, and the PhyloCode is just the nomenclatural manifestation of this movement.". From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Name? The Future of Life] Reference
It boiled down to the United States being represented by those persons who were going to be at the Congress anyway and by men who were not specialists in nomenclatural matters. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
It appears that this is another case of nomenclatural coincidence where the two authors were working on the same thing at the same time with out and knowledge of what the other was doing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
But this nomenclatural and genealogical housekeeping has been wonderfully tripped up by recent molecular research that has shown that these forest-floor rodents are actually more closely related to elephants than shrews. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
Lest one think our nerdery has gone beyond the limits of salubrity in celebrating this unlikely nomenclatural coincidence, rest assured that we were not the first to take notice or rejoice in this obscure triumph for Lovecraft fans everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference
No one belonging to the Integral Yoga Community or, its nomenclatural variations like Aurobindonianity, Savitri Era, etc. would claim that his attraction is only to the philosophy and yoga doctrine, and not to the personal charisma of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. From Wordnik.com. [Seventy tomes of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are epitome of a discursive culture] Reference
Because I recently spent some time with the Dodge Challenger, and in addition to some rather obvious nomenclatural similarities — the car is American, and has the word Challenge inserted 10.5 inches into its name — it reminded me of this tool in a number of different ways: They both come in a range of indiscreet, but oddly compelling, colors. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Cars: Society and Style] Reference
Among the other articles there is one about a giant squid that was captured in the North Sea, another one about a new land snail species, Lindbergia garganoensis, from Italy that marks the first record of the genus outside of Greece and also a short note by Gittenberger & Menkhorst that provides some nomenclatural clarifications for 3 species of enid land snails family Enidae of Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
A recent debate over the usefulness and relevance of the widely used Biological Species Concept, based on reproductive isolation, versus the Phylogenetic Species Concept, which is centred around identifying the smallest group with common ancestry, has raised concerns that changing nomenclatural foundations might result in the appearance of previously unrecognized patterns of biodiversity. From Wordnik.com. [Tech & Science News] Reference
General Kagan -- or "Miss Kagan" to those Senators who wish to (a) highlight her lack of bench-side judicial experience, (b) deny her even a nomenclatural association with the military, or (c) insinuate that she is some sort of scary unmarried homosexual-type lady -- has been objectively excellent as a nominee in the early going, to the dismay of roughly everybody not working in the West Wing. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Cluchey: Hard of Hearings: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Intelligence Gap] Reference
Every nomenclatural act is inconvenient for somebody. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism]
"Lovey" is something of a nomenclatural tin can on the tail of one's self respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Million] Reference
You can find serious discussions of the nomenclatural controversy online at Wikipedia. From Wordnik.com. [Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition] Reference
Will Sun Life, a financial services company, finally bring nomenclatural stability to the stadium?. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The taxonomic issue is more substantive than the usual nomenclatural squabbling that systematists frequently engage in. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
Nothing lasting or meaningful, but it is fun to think you can begin to homestead some undisturbed nomenclatural territory simply by hitting "post". From Wordnik.com. [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference
So far, anyway, the head of Dubai's investment arm, Dubai World, which has sway over the Nakheel unit, a chap named Sulayem, has escaped such nomenclatural crudities. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Typographical errors, and improved spelling on assumed phonetic grounds, have swelled the number of synonyms until the investigator of a special tribe often finds himself in a maze of nomenclatural perplexity. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
"Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives" looks to be this year's nomenclatural successor, although in practice it's probably a lot more like "Black Dynamite," the lovingly cheesy '70s exploitation throwback that also premiered last year. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Square News] Reference
The electronic version of this document does not represent a published work according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), and hence the nomenclatural acts contained herein are not available under that Code from the electronic edition. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
I always err on the side of calling people by their official titles if I don’t know them or nomenclatural preferences. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Danny Nevins Appointed Dean of JTS Rabbinical School | Jewschool] Reference
∙ descriptions, diagnostic characters, and nomenclatural information for each species; ∙ information about habitat, phenology, pollination, natural history, and other aspects for these plants; ∙ and other related information, including a glossary of botanical terminology used here and some botanical lists and maps for parts of the La Selva station. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun] Reference
And, besides, given the place of KFC in the global economy and in the semiotics of global popular culture, perhaps my real quarrel is simply nomenclatural: I don’t know that I would disagree a bit if the marker were to claim that Harland Sanders is the most important Kentuckian ever, a man who took local cuisine out of his little railroading town and spread it all over creation. From Wordnik.com. [World-Chicken in the First Frontier | PopPolitics.com] Reference
Based only on a big humerus (1.3 m long, though perhaps 1.7 m long when complete: see adjacent image) discovered at Weymouth, Hulke named it Ceteosaurus humero-cristatus: note that he used a spelling of the generic name that later fell out of favour (the original, and thus favoured, spelling is Cetiosaurus), and used a hyphen in the specific name (an action that is illegal under today’s nomenclatural rules). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
In addition, this published work and the nomenclatural acts it contains have been registered in ZooBank (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
In addition, this published work and the nomenclatural acts it contains have been registered in ZooBank (urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 7A72845C-7E28-4 C1E-B536-F37D8F270F5D. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Intended to, "amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers; to provide for a performance standard for breast pumps; and to provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding," Lepore says its authors, "indulge in a nomenclatural sleight of hand, conflating 'breastfeeding' and 'feeding human milk.'. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Science Journalism Tracker] Reference
"You are simply a nomenclatural. From Wordnik.com. [The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking] Reference
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