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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin scapus (“stem, stalk, shaft”).
Proper noun
Scapus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Leptothecata – proposed due to a misidentification of the reproductive zooids of a hydrozoan in the family Zygophylacidae as a separate organism.
Hyponyms
References
- “Scapus”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Carl Fredrik Wille (1897). Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, 1876-1878: Botanik.
- Camille Pictet and Maurice Bidot (1900). Hydraires Provenant des Campagnes de L'Hirondelle (1886–1888) (in volume XVIII of Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco).