From phma@oltronics.net Mon Apr 02 12:03:16 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_0_1); 2 Apr 2001 19:03:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 2306 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2001 19:02:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 2 Apr 2001 19:02:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (207.15.133.19) by mta2 with SMTP; 2 Apr 2001 19:02:37 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0C8D03C562; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:02:17 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Insects Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:53:26 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0104021502170C.15734@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, michael helsem wrote: >>From: Pierre Abbat > li'o >>bisycinki: ice bug > >this isn't really about ice is it? Ice bugs are insects of the order Grylloblattida which live high in the mountains and grow very slowly. Their preferred temperature is 4°C and they die if exposed to >10°C. >>lankysfani: dragonfly > >what's the 'basket'? The basket is made of their legs and contains prey which they catch in it. Anyone have a better word? >>pipyjalra: grasshopper > >good > > li'o >>batkytoldi: butterfly >> > >what 'button'? I was trying to describe the club shape of the antenna and couldn't find an appropriate word. If there's a toldyskepre among us, could he come up with something better? >>I'm stumped on "bug". Any suggestions? > >stidi zo mablycinki .a zo cinkysau "mablycinki" is OK for the colloquial use of the word, but I meant a member of Hemiptera, and "bug" in that sense is not mabla. phma