Subject: Sponge sponges & rat bats (was: Questions and observations about taxonomy

From: Invent Yourself <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:19:23 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, James F. Carter wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
> > Is {panju} the correct term for a sponge, meaning animal of the phylum
> > Porifera? Or is it the thing that holds water, whether it's the skeleton of
> > said animal or a piece of cellulose foam?

> /panju/ is reserved for the poriferan creature.

That's not the impression I get from:

sponge

x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of sponge/porous material

[also metaphorically used for coral, Swiss cheese]; (see cokcu for a
generalized absorbant)

> > Can anyone think of a better common name for a pigeon than {tcacpi}?
>
> /voiratcu/ = "flying rat".

pe'i a bat is a flying rat. Mammals and all that.

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