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January 2[edit]

Identification of little egret's prey[edit]

I need help concerning the fish eaten by a little egret in a lagoon near Comacchio.

Could it be a pipefish species? --Leyo 01:30, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is a pipefish for sure, probably Syngnathus abaster because its short snout and lagoon environment that are typical for this species common in the north Adriatic sea.--Etrusko25 (talk) 23:04, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Are you sure enough that I may put the photographs into c:Category:Syngnathus abaster? --Leyo 23:22, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, quite a lot :)--Etrusko25 (talk) 16:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thank you. --Leyo 23:20, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Name for when a person's face turns red when they are mad[edit]

Not blushing necessarily but just when your face turns red in response to anger. Is there a word for this? ScienceApe (talk) 04:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Flushing (physiology) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:03, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Both those links say it is called blushing when caused by anger. StuRat (talk) 04:36, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've check three dictionaries and they all say blushing is the result of embarrassment, shame, etc but not anger. I normally say flushed with anger.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:14, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You might also consider plethoric - Nunh-huh 10:45, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary lists apoplectic as "effused with blood" and calls it archaic. If the latter, so is my vocabulary. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 21:23, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's in the specific acception (is that an English word?) of facial color that it's archaic. That is, "apoplectic" is a word in reasonably common contemporary use, but in the sense of "extremely angry", not literally effused with blood. --Trovatore (talk) 21:35, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Apoplexy is an archaic name for a stroke or cerebral haemorrhage but "apoplectic" still seems to be in use. Richerman (talk) 00:51, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Come on guys, we can't have archaic and eat it as well... 99.235.223.170 (talk) 01:51, 3 January 2016 (UTC) [reply]

You might get more/better answers at the "Language" Help Desk. This question is more about language than science. Just a suggestion. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:44, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]