Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of small North American catfishes of the family Siluridæ and the subfamily Ictalurinæ, having a long low adipose fin generally connected with the caudal fin, and a pore in the axil of the pectoral fin: the stone-cats.
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“God told the snake it was going to have to walketh on its belly and yea, through a process of each generation of snake getting smaller and smaller legs over a period of millions of years lo! it finally came to pass?” noturus
Najash rionegrina, a snake with legs - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Edit noturus, but all the evidence we do have on #2 is that Earthlike planets are quite probably common
Moving the goalposts: Or a 'puff of smoke' - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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On a side note, if you do go ahead with this, are you going to have a competent and charismatic mathematician/information theorist present to point out the flaws in Dembski’s models? noturus
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