English Explanatory Dictionary

samonella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Misspelling of salmonella.

Word forms

samonella

Etymology

Due to interference, first in pronunciation and then in spelling, from salmon, in which the 'l' is often silent. Salmonella is in fact not derived from salmon but from the name of its discoverer, Daniel Elmer Salmon.

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