michigoose and michigas

[Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM]

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> writes:

>>>>>
At 3:04 PM -0400 7/13/00, Frank Abate wrote:
>Michigander is the fem. form.  The masc. is Michigoose.

vice versa, rather.  "goose" is one of the relatively rare birds and beasts
in which the female is the unmarked.
<<<<<

ISTM* that this set consists of those species (word used loosely) whose
female produces either eggs or milk that are economically useful:
     cow
     chicken
     goose
     duck

Others?

* Sorry: It Seems To Me.

   Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company
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