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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tabitha" data-source="post: 152471" data-attributes="member: 27934">So words us T keepers use all day but I didn’t know what does Brachy means? Or pelma?? so by chance I found these articles which noobs like me might also find interesting. I LOVE finding out what Latin names mean, whether it’s plants or animals, also helps me remember them if I know the reason why they were named.And when you have something like Grammostola actaeon named after the Greek hunter I just love finding out about the Greek gods and myths too.I  hope some might find these useful, most of you probably know the Latin meanings or these articles very well so apologies.Part II is about the Latin meanings, part I is pronunciation,  still tricky to get right but it helps.<a href="http://atshq.org/articles/beechwp2.html" target="_blank">http://atshq.org/articles/beechwp2.html</a><a href="http://atshq.org/articles/beechwp1.html" target="_blank">http://atshq.org/articles/beechwp1.html</a></blockquote>