sordidus
Sordidus is a Latin adjective used in the scientific names of organisms as a species epithet. It derives from the Latin sordidus, meaning dirty, filthy, or sordid, and it agrees in gender with the genus (sordidus for masculine, sordida for feminine, sordidum for neuter). In taxonomy, sordidus does not denote a distinct taxon by itself but serves as a descriptive epithet applied to many different species across various groups.
The use of sordidus spans multiple kingdoms, including bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. Epithets such as
Modern taxonomy emphasizes careful description and phylogenetic relationships, and some epithets may be revised if the