Re: Dublex (was: Washing-machine words (was: Futurese, Chinese,
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 23, 2002, 20:00 |
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Andreas Johansson scripsit:
> I may be very dense, but what's the joke?
Just that the English and Linnaean names are exactly the same. But unfortunately
genus Boa has evidently been split, and constrictor has wound up in
the new genus Constrictor. Bummer.
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