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Re: correct terms

 From: pss1nw@surrey.ac.uk (Nigel Woodger)
 > 
 > Welcome back!
 >    Can anyone help me with a grammatical question, what is the correct 
 > collective term for the species of the genus Polacanthus?  
 >       e.g. which is it correct to say, that someone ".....studied the 
 > Polacanthidae...." or ".....studied Polacanthids....."

Unfortunately, both of these would refer to a *family*, not
a genus. (Though I do not think there really is a Family
Polocanthidae).

I think the best "quick" for for "Polocanthus species" is
probably 'polocanths' (singular 'polocanth').

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