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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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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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