Black-necked Stork research

I found this on the net:

"The word iris takes the English plural irises; Latin plural is irides."

Syd Curtis <>
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And I can't resist, for the sake of us non-medical types, pointing out
that
my trusted Macquarie Dictionary, gives "irises" as its first
choice of
plural, and "irides" only as second.  And this is immediately
followed by
reference to the eye for the first meaning of iris, and giving no hint
that
we may not use the first plural for the first meaning.

I shall continue to use irises should I have occasion to refer collectively
to the diaphragms of both my eyes.

All good fun.

Syd

> From: "John Leonard" <>
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:09:49 +0000
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> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Black-necked Stork research
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> Sorry, couldn't resist this point for pedants:
> 
> When it means a part of an eye, the plural of iris is
> 
> irides
> 
> :-)
> 
> cheers
> 
> John L
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