fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoWhen you're in too deepmander.xyzimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoI’ve had to give these answers more than a few times: I don’t know it. It does not have one. The genus is the common name.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThen translate the latin name directly. Better to have Doria’s Big Three Ball than whatever a Megatriorchis doriae is. Even better, don’t name something Three Ball, it’s clickbait.
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoNo thank you, unless I’m instructing or teaching people what botanical terms mean.
minus-squareAffine Connection@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago3-ball is actually the mathematical term for a solid sphere.
I’ve had to give these answers more than a few times:
I don’t know it. It does not have one. The genus is the common name.
Then translate the latin name directly. Better to have Doria’s Big Three Ball than whatever a Megatriorchis doriae is. Even better, don’t name something Three Ball, it’s clickbait.
No thank you, unless I’m instructing or teaching people what botanical terms mean.
3-ball is actually the mathematical term for a solid sphere.