• Shareni
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      3 months ago

      How is this not a spear?

      Even the shoebill stork has a pointy end

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        Less the long and narrow and more how it’s used.

        A fishing net is also long and narrow, but we usually wouldn’t call it a spear because that’s not how you use it. If you spear something with your net you’ve made a mistake.

        Personally, I’d say a duck beak is “spoonish”, and the fish hunters are “grabby”. Some are tweezery, and some are tongy.