Riker mount

noun

Ri·​ker mount

¦rīkə(r)-

: a flat pasteboard container having a glass cover, containing cotton wool, and used for mounting a specimen (as a plant or insect)

Word History

Etymology

after Clarence B. Riker †1947, American naturalist and drug manufacturer, who secured a patent for such a mount in 1902

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