Rafinesque
[ rah-fee-nesk ]
noun
Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
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Rafinesque has also preserved for us the names of many of the vine-growers of his time.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickRafinesque, in 1830, described some three or four species within the bounds of what is now known as Vitis rotundifolia.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickLincecumii seems to have been first described by Rafinesque, in 1830 under the name Vitis multiloba.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickThe rock-bass was first described by the French naturalist, Rafinesque, in 1817, while travelling in America.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander HenshallPylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque), flathead catfish: Canfield and Wiebe (1931:7) as "yellow catfish."
Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas | W. L. Minckley
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