[lojban] Re: shark

[Adam COOPER <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

One source I read asserts that sharks, skates, & rays are all
basically the same critter. Sharks seem to be split into four orders,
but all the cartliaginous fishies are called "chondrichthyes". So I
propose {finprkondro} for the entire class.


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:57:23 -0500, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org> wrote:
> I have a few ideas for words for "shark":
> {fiprmako} from Polynesian mako, ma'o
> {karxaro} or {karxari} from the common element of Carcharodon, carcharias, and
> Carcharinus
> {skualu} from Squalus.
> Should one of these be the general word for shark, and the others kinds of
> shark? Any other suggestions?
> 
> phma
> --
> li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
> li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
> 
> 


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