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Something that might be of interest to the average entomologist or taxonimist is the fact that the Chinese biology community has translated the word "oncomelania" as literally "Nail" "Snail". In addition, the word "Nail" is a near-lookalike and sound-alike for the word "dial" as in "dialing the phone". It literally refers to "hitting" the keys on the dial pad. Just a little trivia to break the ice between the Asian parasitology community and the Western parasitology community. --McDogm 9 July 2005 03:17 (UTC)
