renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1365arrow-down1imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
Yall should remove some of these animal words and instead add different words for like the 5 different meanings of “spring”
minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoBut terrapins are not tortoises, since they’re semiaquatic, but are differentiated from common turtles by their presence in brackish water.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoFuck paraphyletic groups. All my homies hate paraphyletic groups.
So, tortoises, and thus also turtles…
But terrapins are not tortoises, since they’re semiaquatic, but are differentiated from common turtles by their presence in brackish water.
Fuck paraphyletic groups. All my homies hate paraphyletic groups.