Then translate the latin name directly. Better to have Doria’s Big Three Ball than whatever a Megatriorchis doriae is. Even better, don’t name something Three Ball, it’s clickbait.
This is a good point. On the other hand, Three Testicaled Hawk would also be an “appropriate” translation, as it’s named after a greco-roman myth where the pancreas is mistaken for a third testical. May as well call them bush hawks and really give future etymologists a headache.
I’ve had to give these answers more than a few times:
I don’t know it. It does not have one. The genus is the common name.
Then translate the latin name directly. Better to have Doria’s Big Three Ball than whatever a Megatriorchis doriae is. Even better, don’t name something Three Ball, it’s clickbait.
No thank you, unless I’m instructing or teaching people what botanical terms mean.
3-ball is actually the mathematical term for a solid sphere.
This is a good point. On the other hand, Three Testicaled Hawk would also be an “appropriate” translation, as it’s named after a greco-roman myth where the pancreas is mistaken for a third testical. May as well call them bush hawks and really give future etymologists a headache.