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Etymology

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Baird.

Adjective

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bairdi

  1. Baird (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Baird's ..."

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Noun

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bairdi (plural bairdis)

  1. Chionoecetes bairdi, a species of snow crab.
    Synonyms: bairdi crab, tanner crab
    • 1991, Seafood Leader, volume 11, page 12:
      The big surprise was how well bairdis, the larger and more expensive of the two snow crab species, moved in the U.S. market.
    • 2002, Pacific Fishing, volume 23, numbers 1-6, page 76:
      A bairdi fishery with 375,000 pounds of quota was also resurrected on the South Peninsula, where crab fishing had been closed since 1989.

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