cultellus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cultellus
1895–1900; < Latin: diminutive of culter knife, colter; for formation, see castellum
Example Sentences
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Hence the Latin culter a saw, cultellus, a coulter, and the Sanscrit kartari, a coulter.
From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito
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 Youngman, Phillip M.
T. b. pervagus occupies an area geographically intermediate between T. b. aureus to the west and T. b. internatus and T. b. cultellus to the east and has some characters in common with these subspecies.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.
Topotypes of T. b. cultellus most closely resemble those of T. b. internatus but differ as follows: darker; zygomatic arches more widely spreading, not so nearly parallel; nasals not so wide; bullae slightly more inflated.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.
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 Youngman, Phillip M.
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