Rafinesque

American  

[rah-fee-nesk] / ˌrɑ fiˈnɛsk /

noun

1. Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.

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Example Sentences

Another bat species, the Rafinesque Bat, also seems not to be affected by WNS.

From Washington Times

Rafinesque, an excellent piece in Atlas Obscura notes, “was an extremely enthusiastic namer of species: during his career as a naturalist, he named 2,700 plant genera and 6,700 species, approximately”.

From The Guardian

“Audubon may have thought that Rafinesque would realise the prank, and he probably considered it unlikely that the eccentric naturalist would be capable of publishing his descriptions in scientific journals. If so, he underestimated both Rafinesque’s trusting naivety and his ingenuity in finding and creating outlets for his work.”

From The Guardian

I’m entirely convinced that, as Rafinesque was with Audubon’s inventions, I’d be taken in by any of them.

From The Guardian

A new paper in the journal Archives of Natural History, Pranked By Audubon, sees the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History curator Neal Woodman lay out how the author of The Birds of America took time out from his superb illustrations to invent a series of “wild rats of the western states” and other creations with which to fool the naturalist Constantine Rafinesque.

From The Guardian