English Explanatory Dictionary

Dorothea's wriggler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fish Allomicrodesmus dorotheae.

Word forms

Dorothea's wriggler Dorothea's wrigglers

Etymology

The name honours Dorothea Bowers Schultz, the wife of Leonard Peter Schultz, who illustrated the monograph in which this species is described, although not this species.

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