Talk:Lithopod family: Difference between revisions
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:::::See, that's what I don't particularly like. The sentence uses too many "likely" and "possibly due". This is a wiki about facts, not speculation. If those Greek words really mean what is stated, then that explanation is more than likely correct, and we don't need those speculative keywords. '''{''[[User:Espyo|Espyo]]''<sup>[[User talk:Espyo|T]]</sup>}''' 13:39, 12 February 2012 (EST) | :::::See, that's what I don't particularly like. The sentence uses too many "likely" and "possibly due". This is a wiki about facts, not speculation. If those Greek words really mean what is stated, then that explanation is more than likely correct, and we don't need those speculative keywords. '''{''[[User:Espyo|Espyo]]''<sup>[[User talk:Espyo|T]]</sup>}''' 13:39, 12 February 2012 (EST) | ||
::::::I was thinking the same as I read through it. Just make sure it's true, then state 'this part of the latin name means this in Greek'. <span style="font-family:times;">'''''[[User:Greenpickle|<span style="color:#080;">G</span>]][[User talk:Greenpickle|<span style="color:#050;">P</span>]]'''''</span> 15:07, 12 February 2012 (EST) | |||
:::::::Oh, sorry. I'll fix it to make it non-speculative. --PikminFanatic23 | |||
It means "stone foot." It seems kind of silly to abbreviate "arthropod" as "pod" when pod already has its own meaning. Furthermore I'm 99% certain they were intended to be insects and not just that they resemble insects, so it would be weird to use arthropod in their family name because of a resemblance to...themselves. | |||
You are right about the first part though, and I think it's definitely worth mentioning in Trivia. Good catch. {{user:Jimbo Jambo/sig}} 10:07, 18 February 2012 (EST) | |||
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maybe all the adult ones died and the juviniles lived on?[[Special:Contributions/60.231.100.119|60.231.100.119]] 04:58, October 16, 2011 (UTC) | |||
When are we gonna add to the enemies and plants table?[[Special:Contributions/64.246.250.216|64.246.250.216]] 18:57, June 18, 2013 (UTC)Brett krogh | |||
Chinese Translation Is Lithospermum | |||