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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread abranchiate #86498 11/10/2002 10:20 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Spelling bee word. abranchiate SYLLABICATION: a·bran·chi·ate PRONUNCIATION: -brngk-t, -t NOUN: An animal that has no gills. ADJECTIVE: also a·bran·chi·al (-k-l) Having no gill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: abranchiate #86499 11/15/2002 12:30 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... An animal that has no gills. OK. We're animals. We have no gills. So, would it be correct to say Homo sapiens sapiens is an abranchiate species? I know I'm obviousizing again, but I want to be sure I've got the definition clear in my sapiens sapiens head before using the word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: abranchiate #86500 11/15/2002 1:22 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: when we were very tiny, only a few weeks old, we had some things reminiscent of gills. I forget what became of them Maybe Alex, doc_comfort, or wofahulicodoc remember. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: abranchiate #86501 11/15/2002 9:51 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Yeah, I thought of that when writing what I wrote above. But could I say that Homo sapiens sapiens lives most of his life as an abranchiate species? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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