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samonella

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English

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Etymology

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Due to interference, first in pronunciation and then in spelling, from salmon, in which the 'l' is often silent. Salmonella is in fact not derived from salmon but from the name of its discoverer, Daniel Elmer Salmon.

Noun

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samonella

  1. Misspelling of salmonella.