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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Duck (sports) #50413 12/23/01 05:37 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I give you now the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (hockey). http://www.mightyducks.com/home.asp. But in fairness to Geoff, I believe the name was created not by Walt Disney, but by the Disney corporate empire long after Walt's death. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Antelopes (sports) #50414 12/23/01 07:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye OP Pooh-Bah OP Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 I reckon that there's more sports teams named after birds than any other type of animal. If my collection of US and Canadian college nicknames are any indication, I think there are more mammals than any other class of animal. And more felines than any other family. There are plenty of eagles, but many lions, tigers, leopards and panthers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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