Re: USAGE: names for pillbug/wood louse/woodbug
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 11, 2004, 17:58 |
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:09:50AM +0000, Joe wrote:
> You americans insist on calling everything that looks like an insect a
> bug. It's very silly ;-)
In my usage, "bug" has never been limited to "insect". Spiders, for
instance, are not insects, but they are definitely bugs. For my money,
anything in phylum Arthropoda qualifies for bughood, including shrimp
and lobster (sure, they're yummy, but they're still basically aquatic
bugs).
-Mark
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