• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I meant, can’t we just be more specific rather than use paraphyletic grouping?

      “What’s for dinner?”

      “Fish”

      “That could mean anything!”

      “You know I meant Actinopterygii.”

      “Still pretty broad.”

      “Oncorhynchus.”

      “You know how I feel about trout.”

      “Ugh. tshawytscha.”

      “Well, why didn’t you just say so in the first place?”