Common name | Black jack |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Niue |
Locality | |
Ref. | Dalzell, P., S.R. Lindsay and H. Patiale, 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | person (eponym) |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Jack', from Middle English 'jacke' from 'Jacke', i.e., nickname for Johan (p. 644, Ref. 11978); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979). |