Ersatz Zoo [BB386]
28 October, 2012
Promise I’ll leave animals alone, after our bestial Storm, and then Nib’s monkey-tail doggerel, but here’s an old Wordwit that warrants a second airing. Not just a sweet challenge to unravel, but also an intriguing invitation to coin your own proverbial fauna.
So, if the zoological name for the red kangaroo is Macropus rufus, does that make a lone wolf, Lupus singularis? Using any Latin hunches, what are these next ten idiomatic animals?
- Canis excellens
- Bovis sanctus
- Piscis gelidus
- Columba scamna
- Equus atrus
- Cattus exterritus
- Castor fervidus
- Sus totus
- Bos loquacious
- Apis abecedarius
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB385 SOLUTION: Hop master, Pom’s earth/heart, roast hemp, other maps, Rome’s path, pa’s mother, parts home, ham poster. (Other anagrams are possible.)
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