Comment on When you're in too deep
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve had to give these answers more than a few times.
I don’t know it. It does not have one. The latin genus is the common name.
Comment on When you're in too deep
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve had to give these answers more than a few times.
I don’t know it. It does not have one. The latin genus is the common name.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Then translate the latin name directly. Better to have Doria’s Big Three Ball than whatever a Megatriorchis doriae is. Even better, don’t name something Three Ball, it’s clickbait.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No thank you.
AffineConnection@lemmy.world 4 months ago
3-ball is actually the mathematical term for a solid sphere.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
This is a good point. On the other hand, Three Testicaled Hawk would also be an “appropriate” translation, as it’s named after a greco-roman myth where the pancreas is mistaken for a third testical. May as well call them bush hawks and really give future etymologists a headache.