Wondrous Words Wednesday
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I found this word in THE HOUSE SWAP by Rebecca Fleet.
1. astrolabe – “It’s an astrolabe.”
An astrolabe is an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant.
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This word came from THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF SHARKS by Brian Skerry with Elizabeth Carney and Sarah Wassner Flynn.
2. barbel – “Angel sharks have whisker-like barbels near their mouth, which they use to detect prey.”
Even though the sentence explains it, I looked this up. A barbel is a fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
Both are new to me.
Both are new!
I at least knew that astrolabe was an instrument of some kind! But barbel, nope.
I thought I knew a lot about fish, but barbel is new to me. Good find, Kathy.
I think I’ve seen astrolabes in the collections of the Louvre. They own quite a few. Interesting part of the history of science.
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I remembered astrolabe from long-ago science classes!
Once again, I was clueless!
Barbel, lol, that sounds funny
I only know about an astrolabe because of all of the fantasies I read!
Both are new to me. It’s not often that you get two words from a book in this genre!