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Wordplay: Unusual Letter Combinations
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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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