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And Rosta scripsit:
> Both Paulie and Larry are avatars of Mr Carnivore.
I think you are forgetting that Paulie is a parrot; if he is an avatar
of Mr. Meat-eater, it is only because he is an avatar of Mr. Bird,
and Mr. Bird eats meat. (Because of the ambiguity of "carnivore", I am
going to stop using it altogether.)
> certainly a subkind of Mr Carnivore,
I meant to ask about this before. Surely subkind relationships are rather
rare: Mr. Polar Bear is subkind of Mr. Bear and of Mr. Eats-no-plants,
but Mr. Bear is not a subkind of Mr. Eats-no-plants nor vice versa.
The more typical case will be overlap, as between Mr. Bear and Mr.
Eats-no-plants, or Mr. Bird and Mr. Blue: some individuals are avatars
of both
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