Substitute For Some Names Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	adverb • and others (`et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people) • and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)
	37%	13		Process of Arabizing names, place names, or personal names
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	30%	11		A characteristic of some scientific names in which the generic and specific names are the same.
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New York Times26 May 2007	Down 51
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