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chapotraphouse • 7 months ago

Whose idea was it to name a species a bird "Boobies"?

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Whose idea was it to name a species a bird "Boobies"?

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chapotraphouse • 7 months ago

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Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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7 months ago
Some person that named a species Tit

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- Neuromancer49@midwest.social
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  7 months ago
  Ooh, I know this one. It comes from old English, meaning "small thing"
  
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  - ColonelKataffy [he/him]
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    7 months ago
    probably from the french "petit", right?
    
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- tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
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  7 months ago
  
  person
  
  Gender neutral when we all know it was a dude lol
  
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