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Long before the flocking model, “boid” referred to snakes of the Boidae family, like boas and anacondas.
Long before the flocking model, “boid” referred to snakes of the Boidae family, like boas and anacondas.
For example, according to Wiktionary, boid (and its plural) should be permitted under etymology two, ie. member of the family Boidae of non-venomous snakes or etymology three, ie. Nonstandard spelling of bird representing the New York City pronunciation. We would not permit it under etymology one (computer program name). Now look - you learned something! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boid#English
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