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# Indeed, phylum would be too contentious and/or broad a term.
Eels and things called eels are still disputed a bit. Cephalochordata might
get bumped up to unique one at some point. Bio is not my field, actually.
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 6:12, archived)
# WHAT YOUR PEOPLE CALL EEL, MY PEOPLE CALL TUNA.
 
amusingly, we don't have a word for what your people call tuna.
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 6:45, archived)
# these all different kinds eels.
 
Tuna-kai-noke
Tuna-rakau
Tuna hau
Tuna heke
Tuna iakka
Tuna kaingr
Tuna kaueri
Tuna keke
Tuna khau
Tuna kopure
Tuna kuia
Tuna ngahuru
Tuna opuha
Tuna pa
Tuna paranui
Tuna piki
Tuna pou
Tuna pouaru
Tuna reko
Tuna rere
Tuna riri
Tuna taiaka
Tuna tangaroa
Tuna toke
Tuna tuhoro
Tuna tuoro
Tuna whero

we likes eels.
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 6:50, archived)
# Sounds wonderful, fry and roast the lot.
And hand me the sauces, I like eels too.
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 6:56, archived)
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(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 8:03, archived)
# Just the right size, two and a side of chips.
What are you having?
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 8:30, archived)
# kia ora
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be home for breakfast.
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 8:04, archived)
# My people are mostly all inlanders, so also don't have a word(s) for tuna.
Not too much deep sea fishing in the Mississippi delta, or the hills of eastern Europe.
(, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 6:52, archived)