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lapsus calami

[ lahp-soos kah-lah-mee; English lap-suhs kal-uh-mahy, -mee ]

noun

, Latin.
  1. a slip of the pen.

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The artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.

Hibbard's listing was obviously a lapsus calami for Chelydra since he placed the genus in the family Chelydridae.

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