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  • Plum@lemmy.worldOPMtoWikipedia@lemmy.worldMosquitofish
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    12 days ago

    I was watching a nature documentary about the Adriatic and they mentioned importing fish to combat malaria in Venice. I didnt hear the genus, so instead of rewinding 15 seconds I went down a rabbit hole on wiki and pubmed on larvivorous fish.



  • Plum@lemmy.worldOPMtoWikipedia@lemmy.worldList of animal names
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    13 days ago

    “Parliament of Owls” redirects here.

    Merriam-Webster writes that most terms of venery fell out of use in the 16th century, including a “murder” for crows. It goes on to say that some of the terms in The Book of Saint Albans were “rather fanciful”, explaining that the book extended collective nouns to people of specific professions, such as a “poverty” of pipers.