And to take us even further away, Matt's mention of barbels or piscine whiskers reminded me that I was not long ago charmed to discover that there is an eel-like flat-headed bearded freshwater fish called a burbot, no mere misprint for a turbot with long bony tubercles on its body, itself no mere misprint for turbit, a domestic pigeon of stout build with a neck frill . . . Hurry up and write that piece, John, the suspense is unhinging us.
Sorry, Janice, you were saying . . . ?
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