Comment on bugs
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 6 months agoYeah, I’m pretty sure taxonomy is in latin because actual scientists got tired of dealing with pedantic dipshits.
“Bug” is an english word so it’s the domain of an etymologist not a biolgist. My lookup of the word indicates applying “bug” to arachnids is perfectly cromulent.
Morphit@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Obligatory xkcd.