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Old 19th May 2007, 09:24
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The Burning Question

Is it platypuses or platypi?
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Similar in declension to the octopus (eight feet) becoming "octopodes", the platypus (flat foot) goes to "Platypodes".

Don't compare yer Latin wif yer Greek. One man's fish is another man's poisson.
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..................................Duh?
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