museum designations

[JOSEPH E. LAFERRIERE]

>> It stands to reason that there should be some word
>> useful in referring to any of these groups of letters
>> from any of the four aforementioned categories. Someone
>> suggested "codex;"

>In fact, the word referred to was CODEN (or, I suppose,
>coden).

No, two different people suggested "codex" to me, correctly
or incorrectly.

>> The term "Codon," coined to parallel the arbitrary term "taxon."
>> might be useful if this did not already have another meaning in
>> biochemistry.

> Are you not confusing "codon" with "culton?"

No, not at all. I have never heard the word "culton." A codon
is a sequence of three nucleotides. Every freshman knows
that.

>For what it is worth _Index Herbariorum_ uses the word "abbreviation",
>which is perfectly accurate.

So, you are saying KIRI is an abbreviation for "Herbarium of
the University of Rhode Island?" I'll have to check my dictionary
to see what the definition of "abbreviation" is.

--
Dr. Joseph E. Laferriere
"Computito ergo sum ...  I link therefore I am."