humilis
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of humilis
< New Latin, Latin: low, humble
Example Sentences
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They used DNA to correctly identify both snails, Galba cubensis and Galba humilis, and the flatworm.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024
A recent paper on a newly discovered species of marmoset, Callithrix humilis, shows the monkey at age two months: studious eyes, a tight, alert face and an aureole of gray and white hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the holds of freighters from South American ports that put into Genoa about 13 years ago were some unlisted travelers �small tropical ants named Iridomyrmex humilis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Latrat et amittit, humilis, vilis, negat, heret: Est celeste Canis sidus, in amne natat.
From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)
Carpiodes carpio, Cyprinus carpio, and I. punctatus occurred most frequently in the sandy streams, whereas L. humilis was most common in muddy streams.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
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