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Welcome aBoard, Loquens. :-) At least one person thinks it's Latin: Latin is Nephila clavata (Tetragnathidae) Latin This site seems somewhat more credible. Nephila clavata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Korean Journal of Biological Sciences And here is something slightly closer to answering your question: You can hardly walk through a forest without noticing, or being confronted by, the big webs of Nephila clavata. The female grows several times bigger than the male as you can see the photo. The male is most likely to fall prey to the female after they have copulated. The Japanese name means a prostitute (Joro) but it is said to be a misinterpretation. The original word is supposed to be Jouro (a high-ranking woman in the harem of Tokugawa Shogun.) Whichever is plausible considering the tragic relationship between the male and female. tokyo nature (Oops--you already knew that, didn't you? My bad.)
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I respectfully submit that that is not responsive.
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Also, not all scientific names are descriptive. Some are honorary. Gary Larson, the cartoonist, had a woodlouse named after him.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I resubmit my last reply in its entirety.
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Usually Latin faunal names are descriptive of the animal they designate. Aren't they?
Jah, like Ursus horribilis is descriptive of the grizzly bear.
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Also, not all scientific names are descriptive. Some are honorary. Gary Larson, the cartoonist, had a woodlouse named after him.
Species name, yes. Genus name, I dunno. Can you cite any non-descriptive genus names?
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mebbe we could ask here: ZooBank
formerly known as etaoin...
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Can you cite any non-descriptive genus names?No, I can't, but this website might help: http://home.earthlink.net/~misaak/taxonomy.html
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