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arrow-up1670arrow-down1external-link⋋_⋌lemmy.dbzer0.comfossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarelenuup@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI am afraid it just means migratory thrush. And the latin name for thrushes (turdus) was assigned by a Swede. So how it sounds in English is just a happy little accident.
I am afraid it just means migratory thrush. And the latin name for thrushes (turdus) was assigned by a Swede. So how it sounds in English is just a happy little accident.