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   William Vetter to Brenda   
   Re: Would you use these words in a ms.?   
   10 May 15 13:15:00   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Brenda wrote:   
   > On 5/10/2015 11:55 AM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   >> On 5/10/15 10:27 AM, William Vetter wrote:   
   >>> aileuromorphic   
   >>>   
   >>> vibrissae   
   >>>   
   >>> metapodia   
   >>>   
   >>> calcaneus   
   >>   
   >>      If it was a scientific one I might well. If it's a novel, depends   
   >> on the characters, the story, and so on.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Oh sure. In context, and in character, mind you.   
   >   
   > Brenda   
      
   Some of them are not in 2nd Ed. OED., but there are no subsitutes.  The   
   last 2 refer to parts of extended hind foot of animals of order   
   Carnivora.  The 1st is similar in meaning to teliomorphic and is used   
   to describe godesses Bastet and Bubasis.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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