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Larry's Pretty Good Word of the Day
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bdelloid
bdelloid
Sep
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2006
07:07 am
prettygoodword
bdelloid
- adj., of, pertaining to, or resembling a leech.
From Greek bdellos, leech. A useful word in political invective.
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2006-09-06 10:56 pm (UTC)
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aaaaaand the big question ... how do we pronounce it?
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2006-09-07 02:11 pm (UTC)
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Really good question. I've been pronouncing the first letters like those of ptarmigan, only dentalized.
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Date: 2006-09-06 10:56 pm (UTC)aaaaaand the big question ... how do we pronounce it?
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Date: 2006-09-07 02:11 pm (UTC)---L.