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chained_bear commented on the word hirundo esculenta
"'I found the edible-nest swallow! Hirundo esculenta, the bird's-nest soup swallow! Colonies of them, several thousand strong, on those cliffs from which I saw you. In the depths of those caves their nests lie in rows. Little small grey birds they are, not three inches long, but true swallows and even swifter than ours; and their nests are almost white.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 310
March 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word hirundo esculenta
Not to be confused with Hirudo esculenta, the edible leech.
March 5, 2008
sionnach commented on the word hirundo esculenta
Just as the adjectives hirundine and hirudine shouldn't be confused.
Which would be more unpleasant - to swallow a leech, or to leech a swallow?
March 5, 2008