The species name troglodytes, Greek for " cave-dweller ", was coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in his book De generis humani varietate nativa liber (" on the natural varieties of the human genus ") published in 1776, This book was based on his dissertation presented one year before ( it had a date 16 Sep 1775 printed on its title page ) to the University of Göttingen for internal use only, thus the dissertation did not meet the conditions for published work in the sense of zoological nomenclature.

" Marsh recognized that this characteristic warranted a new genus, and he coined the name Pteranodon (" wing without tooth ") in 1876.

The juveniles, due to their similarity to C. monocerata, were initially mistaken for a distinct species of a monotypic genus, and named Sagmatorrhina lathami (" Latham's Saddle-billed Auk ", from sagmata " saddle " and rhina " nose ").

The genus was previously subdivided into two subgenera Coregonus (" true whitefishes ") and Leucichthys (" ciscoes "), Coregonus comprising taxa with sub-terminal mouth and usually a benthic feeding habit, Leucichthys those with terminal or supra-terminal mouth and usually a pelagic plankton-feeding habit.

(" Sausage poisoning " was a common problem in 18th and 19th century Germany, and was most likely caused by botulism ) However, isolates from subsequent outbreaks were always found to be anaerobic spore formers, so Ida Bengston proposed that the organism be placed into the genus Clostridium as the Bacillus genus was restricted to aerobic spore-forming rods.

The word " colobus " comes from Greek κολοβός kolobós (" docked "), and is so named because in this genus, the thumb is a stump.

These findings, however, were contested a few years later by Catherine Forster, who reanalyzed Triceratops material more comprehensively and concluded that the remains fell into two species, T. horridus and T. prorsus, although the distinctive skull of T. (" Nedoceratops ") hatcheri differed enough to warrant a separate genus.

The pygmy hippopotamus is a member of the family Hippopotamidae where it is classified as a member of either the genus Choeropsis (" resembling a hog ") or, the genus Hexaprotodon (" six front teeth ").

The English common name " lilac " is from the French lilac (" shrub of genus Syringa with mauve flowers "), from Spanish lilac, from Arabic lilak, from Persian lilak, variant of nilak " bluish ," from nil, " indigo ",

In another myth, designed to explain their name (" tail-men " in Greek ), Zeus changed the Cercopes into monkeys ( from this we have the genus Cercopithecus, identified as the genus of monkeys depicted in Minoan frescoes ).

The genus name is derived from the Persian Yasameen (" gift from God ") through Arabic and Latin.

The genus name Vaccinium is derived from the Latin word vaccinium (" of or relating to cows ", from vacca " cow ") for a type of berry ( possibly the bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus ).

Taxonomically, both American and European Mink used to be placed in the same genus Mustela (" Weasels "), but most recently the American Mink has been re-classified as belonging to its own genus Neovison.

Despite the word " cobra " in its name, this snake is not a member of Naja (" true cobras ") but belongs to its own genus.

In Latin, remora means " delay ", while the genus name Echeneis comes from Greek echein (" to hold ") and naus (" a ship ").

The genus Paulchoffatia (" for Paul Choffat ") was named by Kühne W. B.

Although the current prevailing opinion concludes that cave bears were largely herbivorous, and more so than any modern species of the genus Ursus, increasing evidence points to omnivorous diets, based both on regional variability of isotopic composition of bone remains indicative of dietary plasticity, and on a recent re-evaluation of craniodental morphology that places the cave bear squarely among omnivorous modern bear species with respect to its skull and tooth shapes.

The genus Glirodon has been described by Engelmann G. F. and Callison G. ( 1999 ) from a ' gliriform tooth '.

The genus Kielanodon, meaning " Kielan ’ s tooth " after Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, was named by Hahn G. in 1987.

The genus Sunnyodon (" Sunny tooth ", after Sunnydown Farm ) was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Ensom P. C.

The family Hahnodontidae and genus Hahnodon (" Hahn's tooth ") were named by Sigogneau-Russell D. in 1991.

The genus Gerhardodon (" Gerhard ’ s tooth ") was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Ensom P. C.

The genus Lavocatia was named by J. I. Canudo and G. Cuenca in 1996 based on a single tooth.

This genus is apparently differentiated by the number of cusps on the tooth ; 15.

Black published his analysis in the journal Nature, identifying his find as belonging to a new species and genus which he named Sinanthropus pekinensis, but many fellow scientists were skeptical of such an identification based on a single tooth and the Foundation demanded more specimens before they would give an additional grant.

Trachodon ( meaning " rough tooth ") is a dubious genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur based on teeth from the Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, U. S. A.

Morganucodon (" Glamorgan tooth ") is an early mammalian genus which lived during the Late Triassic.

Together with the other members of the genus Babyrousa, the North Sulawesi Babirusa has usually been considered a subspecies of a widespread Babyrousa babyrussa, but recent work suggests that there may be several species, differentiable on the basis of geography, body size, amount of body hair, and the shape of the upper canine tooth of the male.

The type specimen of Troodon has caused problems with classification, as the entire genus is based only on a single tooth from the Judith River Formation.

The name mastodon derives from Greek, μαστός " nipple " and ὀδούς " tooth ", as with the genus, to indicate a characteristic that distinguishes them from allied families.

The genus name Coelodonta means " cavity tooth ".

The genus name, Teinolophos, means ' extended ridge ', a reference to its tooth structure.

Didelphodon ( meaning " opossum tooth ") is a genus of stagodont marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America.

In reality Huxley, analogous to the way the name of the related genus Iguanodon (" iguana-tooth ") had been formed, intended to name the animal after an extant herbivorous lizard, choosing for this role Hypsilophus and combining its name with Greek ὀδών, odon, " tooth ".

Later in 1837, Johannes Müller and Friedrich Henle moved this species into its own genus Triaenodon, from the Greek triaena meaning " trident ", and odon meaning " tooth ".

A tooth from southern Arizona has been referred to the genus, and matching tooth marks have been found in sauropod bones from the same area.

A second genus, Trapalcotherium, is known from a single tooth, a first lower molariform ( molar-like tooth ), from a different Late Cretaceous Argentinean locality.

Albertosaurus (; meaning " Alberta lizard ") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70 million years ago.

Ailanthus (; derived from ailanto, an Ambonese word probably meaning " tree of the gods " or " tree of heaven ") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales ( formerly Rutales or Geraniales ).

Coho and Chinook ( also known as " king ") salmon, and steelhead, all of the genus Oncorhynchus, are ocean fish that migrate up the rivers at the end of their life cycles to spawn.

Homo habilis (, " handy-man ") is a species of the genus Homo, which lived from approximately 2. 33 to 1. 4 million years ago, during the Gelasian Pleistocene period.

Pteranodon (; from Greek πτερ-" wing " and αν-οδων " toothless ") is a genus of pterosaurs which included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with wingspans over.

Galanthus ( Snowdrop ; Greek gála " milk ", ánthos " flower ") is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.

Rhododendron ( from Ancient Greek ῥόδον " rose " and δένδρον " tree ") is a genus of over 1000 species of woody plants in the heath family, either evergreen or deciduous.

Because of their distinctive cones, Douglas-firs were finally placed in the new genus Pseudotsuga ( meaning " false hemlock ") by the French botanist Carrière in 1867.

Common species include Pandalus borealis ( the " pink shrimp "), Crangon crangon ( the " brown shrimp ") and the snapping shrimp of the genus Alpheus.

Australopithecus ( pronounced ; from Latin australis " southern ", Greek πίθηκος pithekos " ape ") is an extinct genus of hominids.

Cytomegalovirus ( from the Greek cyto -, " cell ", and-megalo -, " large ") is a viral genus of the viral family known as Herpesviridae or herpesviruses.

Centaurea ( " Cen-tau-ré-a ") is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Miscegenation (; from the Latin miscere " to mix " + genus " kind ") is the mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations, and procreation.

Skull of Tiktaalik, a genus of extinct sarcopterygian ( lobe-finned " fish ") from the late Devonian period

A few prehistoric species from the Neogene period in North America placed in the genus Neophrontops ( the name meaning " looks like Neophron ") are believed to have been very similar to these vultures in lifestyle, but the genetic relationships are unclear.

Daspletosaurus ( ; meaning " frightful lizard ") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America between 77 and 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.