Well, I can't find anything that says the word is not English, or that it is strictly Latin. It's listed over at dictionary.com, so I would think that it is accepted as an English word.
It's in there saying it's the genus of a bird...or a fish or other thigs The genus names are always Latin. Everywhere I looked it was in italics which is to indicate that it is Latin.
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There is the page over at dictionary.com. All it says is that it is a noun. Nothing about being a Latin derivative, which I'm sure it is, but isn't almost every word we use today?
EDIT: deleted link as to not show the word. Although, whoever continues doesn't have choice. I'm pretty sure there is only one outcome here.
Last edited by Sentinel XIV on Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Well, william18, that was my whole argument! I was saying that it's not English and that it shouldn't count! So while I was waiting on animorpherv1 to get in the conversation I took my turn so that I wouldn't be in trouble for not taking my turn. You can see me arguing w/ Sentinel XIV about it. But the word he's spelling is actually not that word. I'll send the link for the word to animorpherv1.
I was confused, william. Apparently, you and I are thinking of different words. There can be an English word spelled from the current batch of letters. Let's see who end up with the letter.