Etymology

mirasorvone

M3I1R1A1S1O1R1V4O1N1E1

Today it means: A defensive compound secreted by the sunburst diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus). Full definition →

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The story

Mira + Sorvino + -one. Named after American actress Mira Sorvino. Coined by American entymologist Thomas Eisner. Eisner chose to name the secretion after Sorvino, in memory of the good times that Eisner had training Sovino as an ersatz etymologist, for her role in the 1997 U.S. horror film Mimic.

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