Saturday, April 24, 2010

How do you say the meaning of the humpback whales scientific name?

Is it long wing-ed or long winged new englander?

How do you say the meaning of the humpback whales scientific name?
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The generic name Megaptera from the Greek mega-/μεγα- "giant" and ptera/πτερα "wing",[5] refers to their large front flippers.





http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/Humpback/Ab...


Scientific Name: Megaptera is Latin for great, or large winged. This is descriptive of their pectoral flippers (side flippers), which are unusually long. The species name, novaeangliae, is Latin for New Englander given because of the location humpbacks were first described by scientists.





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Their Latin species name, Megaptera novaeangliae, translates into "big-winged" (Mega: big; ptera: wing) "New Englander" (nova: new; eangliae: englander).





http://www.atlanticwhales.com/humpbacks/


The scientific name of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) means long-winged New Englander.





http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/ocean/mig...


whose Latin name Megaptera novaeangliae means "big-winged New Englander."





http://www.necwa.org/humpback.html


The scientific name is, Megaptera novaeangliae. This name provides a wonderful description of the animal for it translates to “the big winged New Englander”. “Big winged” refers to the long white flippers of the humpback whale and “New Englander” refers to the fact that this animal was first described in the water’s off New England.

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