Namely, 64

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­­

64: fauna: the animal kingdom—all animals taken together (from Faunus, the Roman god of pastures and forests—or from Fauna, a female counterpart); first known use of word, 1771)

He was startled, there with the fauna:

Group of very fierce piranha.

He was swimming (such is fate—yes?)

Learned thereby he had a date (guess!)

With that famous Reaper (Grim—boo!)—

Soon, not much was left of him to

Reap.