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AQUATICAL•LATIN featured on Reefs.com

Posted on 15th October 201715th October 2017 by Timataquaticallatin

Many thanks to Reefs.com for featuring both the AQUATICAL•LATIN website and the new AQUATICAL•LATIN book.

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New from Aquatical Latin…

  • New on AQUATICAL•LATIN – Index of Common Names 27th February 2018
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in Practical Fishkeeping April 2018 20th February 2018
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in DIVER magazine Feb 2018 13th February 2018
  • Book Launch featured on Lichfield Live 15th December 2017
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN official book launch. 6th December 2017

Contents

  • About the Author
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the Book
    • AQUATICAL•LATIN Vol 1 – Index of Common Names
  • Site Map
  • Welcome to AQUATICAL•LATIN
  • Latin & Greek – English Lexicon.
    • An introduction to the ancient Greek alphabet.
    • Words relating to number or quantity.
    • Colour terms.
    • Words relating to markings
      • Lines and stripes
      • Spots and blotches
    • Suffixes
    • Geographical epithets
    • Eponyms
    • Scientific Terms
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the online etymology
  • This Day In History

This Day In History

1867 John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867) died on this day. He was a Scottish naturalist and collector, mainly active in Australia. MacGillivray participated in three Royal Navy surveying voyages in the Pacific, he sailed as naturalist on board HMS Fly (1842-46), as botanist on HMS Rattlesnake (1846-1850), and as naturalist on HMS Herald (1852-54). His publications include Notes on Australia, natural history (1846) and the 2 vols. Narrative of the voyage of HMS Rattlesnake (1852).
MacGillivray is honoured in the (no longer valid) name of a mollusc genus, the number of species he may have described is unclear as his father, William, and his brother, Paul, were both active naturalists up until 1852.

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