Though controversial ( with many traditional herpetologists still using Bufo marinus ) the binomial Rhinella marina is gaining in acceptance with such bodies as the IUCN, Encyclopaedia of Life, Amphibian Species of the World and increasing numbers of scientific publications adopting its usage.

Because of the rules of scientific naming, or " binomial nomenclature ", each genus should have a designated type, although in practice there is a backlog of older names that may not yet have a type.

Such a name is called a binomial name ( which may be shortened to just " binomial "), a binomen or a scientific name ; more informally it is also called a Latin name.

In scientific works, the " authority " for a binomial name is usually given, at least when it is first mentioned.

Prior to the adoption of the modern binomial system of naming species, a scientific name consisted of a generic name combined with a specific name that was from one to several words long.

In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning " excellent fruit ", as recorded by André Thevet in 1555, and comosus, " tufted ", refers to the stem of the fruit.

Its binomial scientific name was first used by Erxleben in 1777 ; it is an amalgam of Pallas ' generic designation ( 1766 ) and Linnaeus ' specific conferral ( 1758 ).

The scientific binomial name of this plant was initially Orchis conopsea, proposed by the Swedish naturalist and botanist Carl von Linné ( 1707-1778 ) in 1753.

In other words, they have not yet been differentiated from similar species and assigned scientific ( binomial ) names in articles in journals recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN ).

In fact, the description he used in Systema Naturae was the name under which the bird went in the Fauna Svecica, demonstrating the value of his new binomial nomenclature by compressing the long-winded names formerly used in biological classification into much simpler scientific names like Anas crecca.

* tautonym: a binomial or scientific name in the taxonomy of living things in which the generic and specific names are the same, such as Gorilla gorilla ; a scientific name in which the specific name is repeated, such as Homo sapiens sapiens as distinct from Homo sapiens neanderthalensis ; a noun component that is repeated, such as aye-aye or tom-tom ; a personal name where both forename and surname are identical, such as Francis Francis

The form of scientific names for organisms that we know as binomial nomenclature is derived from the noun-adjective form of vernacular names used by prehistoric cultures.

85 Ren-losta )— the vernacular binomial system thus preceded his scientific binomial system.

The Latinized names used in scientific binomial nomenclature can be difficult for laymen to learn, remember, and pronounce, therefore in such books as field guides, biologists have coined and published lists of coined common names.

It seems reasonable to assume that the form of scientific names we call binomial nomenclature is derived from this simple and practical way of constructing common names-but with the use of Latin as a universal language.

Later, Latham realised that only the use of the Linnean binomial system would give him the honour of originating the species ' scientific names.

Latin continues to be used in certain fields of science, notably binomial nomenclature in biology, while other fields such as mathematics use vernacular ; see scientific nomenclature for details.

The first scientific name for Leontopodium alpinum which was validly published according to the current binomial nomenclature is Gnaphalium alpinum in the first edition ( 1753 ) of Linnaeus's Species Plantarum.

This was the first glimpse of non-anthropocentric botanical science since Theophrastus and, coupled with the new system of binomial nomenclature, resulted in " scientific herbals " called Floras that detailed and illustrated the plants growing in a particular region.

Robusta is a common second part of a binomial name, with the meaning " robust ", and forms part of the scientific names of the following species:

Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carolus Linnaeus.

# Change generic bio-names into binomial scientific names

The scientific name of the brown bear, Ursus arctos, can be considered a tautology, since " Ursus " means " bear " in Latin and " arctos " comes from the Greek word for bear.

A proposal by the U. S. to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission ( UNAEC ) to a ) extend between all nations the exchange of basic scientific information for peaceful ends ; b ) implement control of atomic energy to the extent necessary to ensure its use only for peaceful purposes ; c ) eliminate from national armaments atomic weapons and all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction ; and d ) establish effective safeguards by way of inspection and other means to protect complying States against the hazards of violations and evasions.

Its scientific name, Canis latrans, means " barking dog " in Latin.

The scientific name means " finger-like " and refers to the ease with which a flower of Digitalis purpurea can be fitted over a human fingertip.

" The functions of a diplomatic mission consist, inter alia, in representing the sending State in the receiving State ; protecting in the receiving State the interests of the sending State and of its nationals, within the limits permitted by international law ; negotiating with the Government of the receiving State ; ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the receiving State, and reporting thereon to the Government of the sending State ; promoting friendly relations between the sending State and the receiving State, and developing their economic, cultural and scientific relations ".

Husserl tries new methods of bringing his readers to understand the importance of phenomenology to scientific inquiry ( and specifically to psychology ) and what it means to " bracket " the natural attitude.

Of the 33 works dedicated to him, thirteen were original or translated works of literature, which May says suggest he was more sought out for patronage by literary writers, as opposed to authors of religious or scientific works, than other patrons of similar means.

Falsifiability is considered a positive ( and often essential ) quality of a hypothesis because it means that the hypothesis is testable by empirical experiment and thus conforms to the standards of scientific method.

' Let us obey the Biblical injunction: you of course, have the choice of natural means ; but as for me, I am afraid that there is no course open to me but the scientific way.

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation ( by synthesis or by other means ) of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives.

The scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus is derived from ορνιθόρυγχος ( ornithorhynkhos ), which literally means " bird snout " in Greek, and anatinus, which means " duck-like " in Latin.

Their scientific name means " maritime bear ", and derives from this fact.

Cros was a poet of meager means, not in a position to pay a machinist to build a working model, and largely content to bequeath his ideas to the public domain free of charge and let others reduce them to practice, but after the earliest reports of Edison's presumably independent invention crossed the Atlantic he had his sealed letter of April 30 opened and read at the December 3, 1877 meeting of the French Academy of Sciences, claiming due scientific credit for priority of conception.

Inference is a vital element of scientific advance, since it provides a means for drawing conclusions from data that are subject to random variation.

Emphasis was placed on the Muslim principles of social progress, equality and justice, which the government argued formed the core of scientific socialism and its own accent on self-sufficiency, public participation and popular control, as well as direct ownership of the means of production.

Reagan announced, " I call upon the scientific community who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

With the arrival of scientific means of finding an absolute chronology, the two intermediates turned out to be will-of-the-wisps.

: On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts.

Unlike myth, which is a means of explaining the natural world through means other than logical criticism, scientific tradition was inherited from Socrates, who proposed critical discussion, according to Popper.

Reproducible temperature measurement means that comparisons are valid in scientific experiments and industrial processes are consistent.

The goal, as presented by NASA to Congress, was to provide a much less-expensive means of access to space that would be used by NASA, the Department of Defense, and other commercial and scientific users.

Although they were first discovered in 1883 by the German zoologist, Franz Eilhard Schulze ( 1840-1921 ) and since the 1970s more systematically analyzed by the German protozoologist, Karl Gottlieb Grell ( 1912-1994 ), a common name does not yet exist for the taxon ; the scientific name literally means " flat animals ".

According to the editors of these popular science magazines, the publications were designed to serve as “ organs of science ,” in essence, a means of connecting the public to the scientific world.