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Wordplay: Alphabetical Order
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Aa Baker, 1940 (mollusk)
Aa Reichenbach, 1854 (orchid)
Aaadonta Solem, 1976 (endodontoid snail)
Aaages Barovksii, 1926 (coccinellid)
Aaata Semenov, 1906 (buprestid), de Laubenfels,
1930 (sponge)
Cavaticovelia aaa Gagne, 1975 (Hawaiian troglobitic
mesoveliid) Described first as Speovelia aaa. Aaa is the
Hawaiian word for lava tube. [Gagne & Howarth 1975, Pacific
Insects 16(4):399-413]; moved to new genus by Polhemus?
Ada aa (orchid)
Quercus aata Muller (Central American
oak)
Zyzza (cicadellid)
Zyzzyva Casey, 1922 (tropical American weevil)
Zyzzyx Pate, 1937 (wasp)
Zyzzyxdonta Solem, 1976 (endodontoid snail) with
characters the extreme opposite of Aaadonta.
Zyzzyzus Stechow, 1921 (Coelenterata)
Apolysis zzyzxensis Evenhuis, 1985 (bombyliid fly) Named
for the
Desert
Studies Area on Zzyzx Road, California.
Dikkops (South African burhinid bird) letters in
alphabetical order.
Aegilops Hall, 1850 (mollusk; also a grass) The longest
word with all its letters in alphabetical order.
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