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Dodi Schultz
June 5th, 2006, 10:37 AM
>> As an ex taxonomist myself I know the taxonomic meaning of the word
>> 'type'...

I also know it, John, even though I'm not, nor have I ever been, a
taxonomist. ;-)

>> I am not sure that it is unfair; after all we frequently get defs
>> with a made-up etymology...

True, but this wasn't a mere etymology; it was the full def. I'd have
rather figured a real def to be "the generic name for..." or perhaps the
one given but somewhat fuller (e.g., "the type genus of the ant family [or
evergreen family, or whatever it is; I haven't looked it up] Xancidae").

Hey, I figured wrong!

--Dodi


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Daniel B. Widdis
June 5th, 2006, 02:01 PM
On 6/5/06, Dodi Schultz <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> ... figured a real def to be "the generic name for..." or perhaps the
> one given but somewhat fuller (e.g., "the type genus of the ant family [or
> evergreen family, or whatever it is; I haven't looked it up] Xancidae").
>


Next time you're walking along the beach, pick up a shell and listen to the
ocean. It will tell you the definition! :)

--
Dan Widdis


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Bill Hirst
June 5th, 2006, 03:34 PM
CNN reported a delay/outage in AOL mail last Friday
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/06/01/aol.email/index.html
Of course, that includes Compuserve email. I think you're still using
a Compuserve address, yes?

-Bill

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Dodi Schultz <schultz@...> wrote:
>
> Interestingly, John's message reached my mailbox five minutes AFTER
Dan's
> comment on it.






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