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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by DJBunnies on Saturday December 01, 2018 @09:08AM (#18576806)
Milk is explicitly defined as coming from mammary glands in mammals.
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by TallGuyShort on Saturday December 01, 2018 @12:46PM (#18577839)
Except we also use the term in connection with almonds, coconuts, and soybeans and we don't have to act like it's hard to understand.
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by goldfeld on Saturday December 01, 2018 @02:41PM (#18578496)
It's different and coconut milk is as much milk as a seahorse is a horse, it's just a word.
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by TallGuyShort on Saturday December 01, 2018 @04:33PM (#18579088)
And if people discuss seahorses, do you give them the biological definition of horse?
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by dogma1138 on Saturday December 01, 2018 @08:28PM (#18580183)
That’s because of modern branding, some places don’t allow those to be called milk, you can’t call it milk in the EU unless it comes from animal sources for example.

Which is why almond, soy etc. would be called almond or soy drink in the EU you can’t even advertise it as a milk substitute.

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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by checkyoursudo on Saturday December 01, 2018 @11:21AM (#18577373)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/milk

This says people have been calling other things milk for at least 800 years and suggests the origination might be in the verb form rather than the noun form.

Also, defined by whom?

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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by yayana on Saturday December 01, 2018 @10:58AM (#18577262)
How are mammals defined?
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by tejtm on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:43PM (#18579454)
phylogenetically[0]

[0]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mod...

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