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Re: Platypuses may be older than we think...

To: dannj@alphalink.com.au, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Platypuses may be older than we think...
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:03:22 -0400
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Quoting Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>:

Tim Williams writes:
Speaking of SVP... http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2067572.htm Concerns _Teinolophos trusleri_ and evidence for electro-reception.
At the risk of encouraging another Latin grammar thread; what would be the more correct plural of platypus? Platypi? Platypodes?

"Platypodes" would be the plural in both Greek and Latin. For English, I'd go with "platypods" or "platypuses", or just use "platypus" as the plural.

--Nick

References:
- The Hunt For Red New Papers
  - From: "Jerry D. Harris" <jharris@dixie.edu>
- Platypuses may be older than we think...
  - From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
- Re: Platypuses may be older than we think...
  - From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>

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