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sometimes the vernacular name of the organism in Latin or Ancient Greek, or the name (specific or generic) of another organism which the organism itself resembles.
* A noun in the genitive case (i.e. belonging to).
** This is common in parasites: Xenos vesparum ("Stranger of the wasps").
** Proper nouns which are names of people and places are often used in the genitive case. For example, the name of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae

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