[Taxacom] We need a new word

[Geoff Read]

Take your pick. There are lots of '... chore' words at wordinfo:

http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/459/1

I was pleased to see indiochore, indiochory, indiochorous for
an organism that distributes itself. We are all indiochores then?
Derivation? And there's gynochore, gynochory, gynochoric
An organism that is dispersed by wandering or motile females. Why females?

They have brotochore - A plant that is dispersed by humans.

But really I think the human-did-it ones, though entertaining, are largely
superfluous. Elton got by with "introduced" and 'introduction'.

Geoff


>>> On 2/11/2009 at 6:31 a.m., "Robin Leech" <releech at telus.net> wrote:
> Hi Taxacomers,
>
> I have felt the need for a new word related to
>
> ANTHROPOCHOROUS.
>
> This word describes the phenomenon.  What we
> need is a word that covers the organism,
> and I propose
>
> ANTHROPOCHORITE.
>
> This will be one of those situations where the
> adjective came before the noun.
>
> Any comments?

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Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
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