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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine and Steller's sea cow. See rytina.

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  • noun German naturalist (1709-1746)

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  • If I were going to choose an animal to be named after me, I suspect it would not be a sea cow.

    August 1, 2022

  • This is where someone helpfully suggests the bilby should be named after me. Go on.

    August 1, 2022

  • I'm reminded of the joke about a grasshopper that walks in to a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you," and the grasshopper says, "You have a drink named Steve?"

    August 2, 2022

  • Good joke.

    August 3, 2022