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Rafinesque

American  
[rah-fee-nesk] / ˌrɑ fiˈnɛsk /

noun

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


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

From The Guardian May 3, 2016

Rafinesque went on to publish formal descriptions of the fish, but attributed them to Audubon, and the prank was discovered in the 1870s.

From The Guardian May 3, 2016

The piece on Rafinesque ends up with an expression of passionate connection with the Frenchman's strange pantheism.

From The Guardian Jul. 26, 2012

JJS’s best subject is himself, and the line goes a little slack sometimes when he’s not in play, as in his historical essay on the naturalist Constantine Rafinesque.

From Time Oct. 27, 2011

Professor Gray refers to a paper which Rafinesque sent to the editor of a scientific journal describing twelve new species of thunder and lightning.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by William Alexander Linn

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