dawsoni
Translingual
Etymology
Dawson + -i. From English Dawson (“surname”) + Latin -i
- (Eoanthropus dawsoni): Named after British amateur naturalist Charles Dawson, the discoverer of Piltdown Man, a hoax human ancestor from Piltdown, Sussex, England, UK.
- (Quetzalcoatlus dawsoni): Named after American paleontologist Douglas Lawson, who discovered Quetzalcoatlus
Adjective
dawsoni
- (taxonomy) A species descriptor for species related to Dawson.
Synonyms
- dawsonii
Derived terms
- Amegilla dawsoni
- Athemistus dawsoni
- Bathymophila dawsoni
- Calosoma dawsoni
- Chrysotypus dawsoni
- Eoanthropus dawsoni
- Eosentomon dawsoni
- Illaena dawsoni
- Melanoplus dawsoni
- Paralomis dawsoni
- Quetzalcoatlus dawsoni
- Rhytiphora dawsoni
- Solaster dawsoni
- Sybra dawsoni
- Syngnathus dawsoni
Noun
dawsoni
- (taxonomy, informal) A specimen of a species with the descriptor dawsoni.
- (taxonomy, fraud, obsolete) Ellipsis of Eoanthropus dawsoni.; a specimen of the species of the fraudulent Piltdown Man.
See also
- Dawsonia