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1. Eleanor Konik (eleanorkonik@scholar.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Mar-2022 14:28:31 UTC Eleanor Konik

   Is there a special name for female spiders, like how we have "bucks" and "does" for deer and rabbits?

   • Lamecarlate (lamecarlate@pouet.it)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Mar-2022 14:28:26 UTC Lamecarlate

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     • Rysiekúr Memesson

     @eleanorkonik A male spideer, a female spidoe?

     (yes, I go hide behind the same wall as @rysiek )

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   • 🦀🦍≢ (carcinopithecus@x0r.be)'s status on Thursday, 10-Mar-2022 06:13:44 UTC 🦀🦍≢

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     @eleanorkonik the female spiders tend to be the big ones people notice (and in my experience tend to be the default specimen in illustrations in books), so surely the special name would be for the males instead?

   • 🦀🦍≢ (carcinopithecus@x0r.be)'s status on Thursday, 10-Mar-2022 06:13:44 UTC 🦀🦍≢

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     @eleanorkonik i'm reminded that "araneus" is already in use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araneus

     and ironically enough this wiki page is a great example of the default female specimen image thing i mentioned, cf. picture of marbled orb weaver here and male here https://www.deviantart.com/fractalfiend/art/Male-Marbled-Orb-Weaver-401800965

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