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Letter: Letter

Published 15 August 1998

From David Billin

I disagree that there is a lack of an adjective related to insects.
“Creepy-crawly” is used universally, even as a noun. It is of course shunned by
scientists because it indicates a failure to count the number of legs. Thus the
term is broad enough to encompass everything from maggots through spiders to
millipedes.

drb@mm-croy.mottmac.com

Issue no. 2147 published 15 August 1998

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