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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