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Birds with restricted range include the spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus), Jananese Robin (Erithacus akahige), Bull-headed Strike (Lanius bucephalus), and the Forest Wagtail (Motacilla lutea).
rmavis commented on the word bucephalus
This is one of two words I use to test dictionaries before I buy them.
November 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bucephalus
That makes me want to ask you two questions, rmavis:
1. What's the other word?
2. Do you test to see if they're there or not there? ;-)
November 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word bucephalus
All I remember is that Bucephalus was the name of Alexander the Great's horse.
And I had a blue rubber dinosaur earring years ago that I named Bucephalus Blue.
November 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bucephalus
You had it? You mean you're not still wearing that jewel of an accessory?
November 7, 2007
skipvia commented on the word bucephalus
OK. It's been six hours already. What's the other word? C'mon, I need to get some sleep...
November 7, 2007
rmavis commented on the word bucephalus
It's horrifying, but I can't remember the other word! Give me a minute, it'll come in some perspicacious klunk.
And I didn't know about Alexander's horse. I first read the word in the title of an Aphex Twin song, "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball". And a definition I once found is effectively "repetitious so as to be annoying". Which, yes, fit the song well.
November 8, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word bucephalus
Hm. Even though I never met him--and I'm assuming it was a "him" as destriers generally were--I would not have applied that particular definition to Alexander the Great's horse.
I had a birthday card one year that said "By the time Alexander the Great was 30 years old, he had been dead four years.... You're doing way better than that guy." It was my favorite card ever.
So, between the earring and the birthday card, I feel a special affinity for this word.
November 8, 2007
mollusque commented on the word bucephalus
The word is gullible. It's not in some dictionaries.
November 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bucephalus
Waaaaaait a minute...are you trying to get us to look up "gullible"? I'm not that--what's the word....?
*thinking*
I'm not that foolable!
;-)
November 8, 2007
trivet commented on the word bucephalus
To quote the wiki:
Alexander the Great's horse and arguably the most famous horse of antiquity.
February 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word bucephalus
Alexander the Great's horse and arguably the most famous horse of antiquity.
I wonder if he hung out at the oats bar with shadowfax and pegasus.
February 1, 2008