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humilis

American  
[hyoo-muh-lis, yoo-] / ˈhju mə lɪs, ˈju- /

adjective

  1. (of a cumulus cloud) having a small, flattened appearance.


Etymology

Origin of humilis

< New Latin, Latin: low, humble

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They used DNA to correctly identify both snails, Galba cubensis and Galba humilis, and the flatworm.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2024

A recent paper on a newly discovered species of marmoset, Callithrix humilis, shows the monkey at age two months: studious eyes, a tight, alert face and an aureole of gray and white hair.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a bed of shells, a few feet below the 350 feet bed, I found a horn of the little Cervus humilis, which now inhabits Chiloe.

From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin

In habit like var. humilis; spikes tawny; perigynium like that of C. triceps, var. hirsuta; plant smooth, or very minutely pubescent under a strong lens.—Philipstown,

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Lepomis humilis was most common over sand-silt bottoms.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by W. L. Minckley

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