Naughty reply
Geoff Bannister
gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Wed Mar 5 07:40:33 UTC 2008
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <sistermagpie at ...> wrote:
>
> > Carol, wondering what a corvid is
>
> Magpie:
> A member of the crow family, including ravens, crows, jackdaws, jays
> and magpies.:-)
Geoff:
Trust you to know that.... <vbg>
It's very unusual to see it written as 'corvid'. UK usage normally
restricts it to a general reference to the family and uses the Latin
plural 'corvidae'.
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