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Policing the scientific lexicon: The new colonialism?
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PETHIYAGODA, ROHAN (2023): Policing the scientific lexicon: The new colonialism? Megataxa 10 (1): 20-25, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.10.1.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.10.1.4
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