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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
pers. comm. en · NOUN
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of personal communication: used by authors to reference personal correspondence in academic works.
In a recent survey of South African dried abalone, sold in Hong Kong, it was reported that 65% of dried abalone was illegally sourced, 33% was derived from legal aquaculture and only 2% from legal fisheries (Britz, 2018, pers. comm.).
2025, Peter A. Cook, “Worldwide abalone production: an update”, in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, volume 59, number 1, →DOI, page 6: