entomological language
David R. Britton
davidb at uow.edu.au
Tue Jun 24 19:14:43 EDT 1997
In article <ECAttn.EAI at cix.compulink.co.uk>, colinc at cix.compulink.co.uk
("Colin Cracknell") wrote:
> How about chrysalids?
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> colinc at cix.compulink.co.uk | "Ask not for whom the book burns,
> | it burns for thee." (lizard at dnai.com)
> All opinions are my own, but Darter Systems agrees with me.
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My Macquarie Dictionary gives no less than three spellings!!
chrysalids
chrysalides
chrysalises
I guess a scholar of ancient Greek might be able to tell us what the most
appropriate plural is. The only one I have seen in print is
"chrysalides", but that was in an old text.
Dave B.
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David R. Britton, Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
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