1. No drink
2. I don't understand
2007-04-05 15:25:15 · 4 answers · asked by jobees 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
koala is said to be from an Aborigine term meaning "no drink" because they get all the water they need from the leaves they eat -- but this is disputed: some sources argue that it is more likely to mean "biter" (they are fairly aggressive little beasts)
kangaroo, again, said to be from Aborigine meaning " I don't understand" in answer to Captain Cook's query as to the animal's name (which Cook then misunderstood to be the actual name). This is fairly unlikely despite it being a widespread 'fact'. The word could have alternatively been a garbled repition of the first part of Cook's question "can you tell me...". Also in 1901 a Dr. Roth claimed that in that part of Australia there actually was a local name for the kangaroo that sounded like kangaroo, thereby possibly vindicating Cook
2007-04-05 17:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by Billy Fish 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know hamster comes from the German word hamstern; which means to hoard. So hamster roughly translates as hoarder.
2007-04-05 15:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Madikar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ornithology is the study of birds. On that order?
Or do you mean the latin names for animals?
Bovine=cattle--bovus
Equine=horses--equis
Feline=cats--felis
Canine=dogs--canus
Apis=birds---apiary
2007-04-05 15:38:49 · answer #3 · answered by LINDA D. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sure you don't drink?
2007-04-05 15:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋