cultellus
Americannoun
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cultelli
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Etymology
Origin of cultellus
1895–1900; < Latin: diminutive of culter knife, colter; for formation, see castellum
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Nevertheless, the similarities between T. b. pervagus and T. b. cultellus and T. b. internatus suggest that T. b. pervagus was originally derived from the more eastern stock.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
The word is derived from the Fr. coutelas, or coutelace, a form of coutel, modern couteau, a knife, from Lat. cultellus, diminutive of culter, a ploughshare, or cutting instrument.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Remarks.—T. b. aureus is a variable subspecies, which differs considerably from T. b. internatus, T. b. cultellus, and T. b. rubidus and includes several microgeographic races distinguishable to a taxonomist specializing in the group.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
T. b. pervagus resembles T. b. internatus and T. b. cultellus in color, the presence of a V-shaped interpterygoid space, and a narrow basioccipital.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
For comparisons with T. b. cultellus and T. b. rubidus, see accounts of those subspecies.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
Item si in clara flamma ignis vel candeliæ cereæ miseris punctum cultelli cum gutta puri Balsami, ipsa gutta de facilè comburetur.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
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