Lexicon:Procellaria gigantean of Mumpsimus
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Citation: | procellaria gigantean of Mumpsimus |
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Language: | Latin |
References: | The Unknown Shore, page 136 |
Meaning: | the giant wind-borne one of Mumpsimus |
Notes:
Mumpsimus is a joke name.
Additional information
Procellaria gigantea (sic: this corrected spelling, without the redundant final n, appears in the HarperCollins paperback, p.110) is a genuine scientific name, actually coined by J.F. Gmelin in 1789. The English name of the bird so designated is usually given as Southern Giant Petrel; Audubon knew it as the Giant Fulmar and sailors, colloquially, as the Stinkpot.
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