Common name | Hawaiian whitespotted toby |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Micronesia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | person (eponym) |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | locality/area |
Remarks | 'toby', i.e., a small jub, pitcher, or mug shaped like a stout man with a cocked hat for the brim, from Greek 'Tobias', a Jewish hero (p. 1239, Ref. 11978); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979). |