Word: vulgarising
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The common European starling, Sturnus vulgaris, is a black-hued bird with a blue-green iridescence on its glossy plumage. Introduced to the U. S. in 1890 to crowd out sparrows, starlings themselves have become a nuisance in some eastern cities, notably Washington. When they gang up in great flocks...
Subject of the leading article in last week's American Medical Association Journal was acne vulgaris-the blackheads and pimples of adolescence. Dr. Jeffrey Charles Michael, Houston acne specialist who wrote the article, included the address he made as chairman of the skin specialists attending the American Medical Association...
The Sun called the American Museum of Natural History, learned that both U. S. & British squirrels belong to the Sciuridae family, but that whereas the grey U. S. squirrel is known scientifically as Schirus carolinensis, England's red squirrel is called by the unflattering name of Sciurns vulgaris. English...