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   solar penguin to The True Melissa   
   Re: Doctor Who and the Homo Aquas   
   05 Nov 25 12:39:53   
   
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   From: solar.penguin@gmail.com   
      
   The True Melissa  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > blueshirt@indigo.news says...   
   >>   
   >> Just leaving this here...   
   >>   
   >> https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-whos-sea-devils-are-now-called-homo-aqua   
   >>   
   >> Personally, I'd have gone with Homo-Aquatic Reptillia myself...   
   >   
   > If they can breathe water, they're not hominids. That   
   > term means more than walking on two legs or using tools.   
   > It's a biologial grouping.   
   >   
      
   Not only is it bad science, it’s also bad Latin. IIRC ‘aqua’ is a   
   noun, not an adjective.   
      
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