<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe66eeb3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I do remember reading that Klingons were of crustacean descent, so you're right, it was prudent to ask.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The word *targhoroj* (targ + Joro spider?) is defined as only one of many types of crab-like creatures on Kronos, so perhaps there are all sorts of crustaceans on the planet. Perhaps having many crab-like creatures is a reference to the phenomenon of carcinization?<br></div><div><br></div><div>>Message: 2</div></div><div id="ydp2479df94yahoo_quoted_5482716668" class="ydp2479df94yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr">>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:03:49 +0300<br></div><div dir="ltr">>From: <a href="mailto:kechpaja@kechpaja.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kechpaja@kechpaja.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To: <a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: roSmaH<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:ZQpvJTpTZ1qSI0Oi@eriophora.localdomain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ZQpvJTpTZ1qSI0Oi@eriophora.localdomain</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 03:44:14AM +0000, James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <br></div><div dir="ltr">>wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>>Nice to see a word I requested becoming KWotD! I was the one who asked for a word for "chromosome" on chabal tetlh, back in >2020 or 2021. (My other request that year, "Jew", still has yet to make it in.)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>>And yes, I did also mention that I wanted the words for X and Y chromosomes -- or W and Z chromosomes, "if that's what Klingons >have". We learn that Klingons have an XX-XY system like mammals, instead of a ZZ-ZW system like birds.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Didn't Klingons evolve from crustaceans?<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>At least based on my cursory web search, both systems (plus some <br></div><div dir="ltr">>others!) are present in different species of Earth crustaceans, so I <br></div><div dir="ltr">>guess you wouldn't expect either of the options to be more or less <br></div><div dir="ltr">>likely.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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