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Willie, already initiated, hoped to puzzle papa as a platypus ornithoryncus, but was driven to allow that it was a nondescript animal, neither fish, flesh, nor good red-herring, useless, and very fond of grubbing in the mud; and if it were not at Botany Bay, it ought to be!
The Young Step-Mother Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
bilby commented on the word ornithoryncus
Better known as platypus.
November 22, 2007
mollusque commented on the word ornithoryncus
I think you left out an "h".
November 22, 2007
bilby commented on the word ornithoryncus
Indeed I 'ave. Left out 2, more's the shame!
But I remember a kid called Terry Russell beating me at hangman at primary school with "aunatharinkas". And HE got away with it.
Anyway, see Ornithorhynchus.
November 22, 2007
bilby commented on the word ornithoryncus
Think the ghost issue is still raging in but I'll de-list this one soon anyway.
November 22, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ornithoryncus
It's OK, bilby, if you want to de-list this. Nobody's proposing deleting any word, even misspelled, that has comments on its page.
November 23, 2007