lapsus calami
nounEtymology From Latin lāpsus calamī (literally “slip of the pen”), from calamus (“pen”).
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Formal Synonym of slip of the pen.
- Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo
- Unfortunately, there are two lapsus calami, which I missed in my review of the proof. They are as follows: • third paragraph, last line: the word “proximal” should be “proximate” • fourth paragraph, fourth last line: the word “ancestor” should be “ancestry” • in the same paragraph, the clause “The Eucarya share a common ancestry with Archaea, independently of Bacteria,” should be separately referenced with 6a.1995, Annals, volume 28, page 5, column 2: