Name
The name of the phylum comes from Phoronis, one of the many names of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis. Phoronis is also the name of one of the two genera of Phoronids.
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Famous quotes containing the word name:
“Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore than name. Are they all alike. I think so.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“What is it? a learned man
Could give it a clumsy name.
Let him name it who can,
The beauty would be the same.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)