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Amabilis is derived from the Latin verb "amare," to love, and may be translated as "lovable"[1] or as "lovely."[2]
People
edit- Amabilis of Riom (Amable), French saint
- Jonathan Amabilis, Mexican musician
- Sister Amabilis, religious name of Annie Chambers Ketchum (1824-1904), American educator, lecturer, writer
Science
edit- Abies amabilis, the Pacific silver fir
- Amabilis, an extinct genus of turtles
- Elaphoidella amabilis, a Norwegian copepod
- Malurus amabilis, an Australasian lovely fairy wren
- Phalaenopsis amabilis), a moon orchid
- Rhinella amabilis), an Ecuadorian toad
References
edit- ^ Hermanson, Guilherme; Iori, Fabiano V.; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Langer, Max C.; Ferreira, Gabriel S. (2020). "A small podocnemidoid (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, and the innervation and carotid circulation of side-necked turtles". Papers in Palaeontology. 6 (2): 329–347. Bibcode:2020PPal....6..329H. doi:10.1002/spp2.1300. ISSN 2056-2802.
Derivation of name: Latin for 'lovable', for its tiny size
- ^ "Abies amabilis". Gymnosperm Database. 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
The epithet amabilis means 'lovely.