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Wordplay: Unusual Letter Combinations

Abcichthys Whitley, 1927 (fish)
Betonica abchasica, Cyclamen abchasicum, Helleborus abchasicus (paeonia plants from Republic of Georgia) "abc" combination.
Xyzzors Inglis, 1966 (nematode)
Mnoonema Motschoulsky, 1863 (wasp)
Limnophilidae (caddisfly), Limnophora (fly), Limnopithecus (Miocene fossil primate), Prumnopitys Philippi, 1860 (conifer), Semnopithecus (langur monkey), Thamnophilidae (antbirds) - "mnop" combination.
Pnyxia (fly)
Zaa Baillon, 1887 (Bignoniaceae)
Zyx Smit, 1953 (flea)
Zyxmyia (fly)
Brachinus aabaaba Erwin, 1970 (carabid)
Ajaia ajaja Linnaeus, 1758 (roseate spoonbill)
Coccophagus ishiii (aphelinid wasp) from Japan.
Helobdella nununununojensis Siddall, 2001 (leech) from Nununununoj, a Quechua placename, "The Place of Very Bare Breasts", from nunu, nipple.
Lagynodes ooii Dessart, 1982 (ceraphronid wasp)
Leaia Jones, 1862 (fossil crustacean, family Leaiidae)
Ninini (a tribe of bugs in the Cyminae subfamily)
Saurodon leaae Hays, 1830 (fossil fish) a name introduced in synonymy of Saurodon lanciformis Harlan, 1824
Semicytherura miii (Ishizaki, 1969) (ostracod)

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