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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Not an eggcorn, I guess, but have just run across “humblebee” for “bumblebee” in a manuscript, assumed it was a spellchecker run amok, then discovered it’s a variant form for species in the genus Bombus. Has anyone run across this in print before? I a US based editor, my author is Canadian, for what it’s worth.
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