Common name | Loche à taches claires |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | New Caledonia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Loche' from Gallic 'leuka' from Old High German 'luggi', i.e., oscillating movement (p. 427 in Ref. 9404); 'à taches claires', i.e., light spotted; 'taches' from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404); 'claires', i.e., light, plain, clear, from Latin 'clarus' (p. 170 in Ref. 9404). |