From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sun, 10 May 2015 13:15:00 -0400, William Vetter   
    wrote   
   in in   
   rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   > 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   
      
   Should be , to match other similar   
   compounds, or , if you want to use a more   
   accurate transcription of Greek αἴλουρος (ailouros) as   
   basis; there’s no basis for .   
      
   >>>> vibrissae   
      
   I would certainly expect an ailuromorph to have 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.   
      
   > Some of them are not in 2nd Ed. OED., but there are no   
   > subsitutes.   
      
   The OED has  in lieu of the more recent   
   .  The only one that it lacks altogether is   
   , the OED does have its Latinate   
   counterpart, .   
      
   > The last 2 refer to parts of extended hind foot of   
   > animals of order Carnivora.   
      
   Among other things.  Both metatarsals and metacarpals are   
   metapodia, and mammals in general (and some reptiles) have   
   calcanea.   
      
   > The 1st is similar in meaning to teliomorphic and is used   
   > to describe godesses Bastet and Bubasis.   
      
   Bubastis was an Egyptian city; its Egyptian name   
    means ‘House of Bast’, and it was,   
   unsurprisingly a centre of worship of Bast(et).     
   is a later form of her name, with a redundant feminine   
   suffix <-et> -- the <-t> of  was already a feminine   
   suffix -- but I believe that it’s the one most often used   
   by Egyptologists; in fiction I’ve  more often.   
      
   Brian   
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