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Re: Hippo-whale paper


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:35:43 -0600 Tim Williams
<twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com> writes:

> Cetferungulata is a truly horrible word (it sounds like a vulgar 
> Latin 
> insult).  I've also seen "Cetruminantia" (whales+ruminants), and 
> "Artiofabula" (whales+ruminants+pigs).  These molecular fellows have 
> a 
> penchant for horrible monikers.


Or they have an admirably wicked sense of humor!  ;-)

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