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Etymology: Interjections

Abracadabrella birdsville Zabka, 1991 (jumping spider)
Alaptus ah and A. oh Girault, 1930 (mymarid wasp)
Aloha Kirkaldy, 1904 (fulgorid bug) Etymology: "'Aloha', the Hawaiian salutation (lit. 'love')."
Brachylophus bulabula (Fijian iguana) from "bula," the Fijian word for "hello", reduplicated to signify extra enthusiasm.
Pitohui Lesson and Garnot, 1827 (poisonous New Guinea bird) The name comes from a response to tasting it.
Sayonara Jordan & Steele, 1906 (fish)
Arfia Van Valen, 1965 (a dog-like fossil hyaenodont)
Simulium damnosum (black fly) Refers to the damnable vector of the onchocerciasis (river blindness) parasite.
Damnxanthodium calvum (Greenm.) Strother (composite) The genus name refers to the problem of distinguishing these daisy look-alikes.

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