scientific name

If the preceding description wasn't enough, the screwworm's scientific name, Cochliomyia hominivorax, hints at how much we really, truly don't want it back — hominivorax translates as "man-eater," and refers to observations of a 1858 screwworm outbreak among prisoners on Devil’s Island in French Guiana.

The greater flamingo, or Phoenicopterus roseus to use its scientific name, is listed as a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Its scientific name is Amorphophallus titanum, which is derived from Ancient Greek and means "giant misshapen penis",

Its full scientific name is Pyrocystis lunula.

She has given the new fish a scientific name with a personal twist: Harriota avia.