# Orders, Families, Evolution and Individuals

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orders-families-evolution-and-individuals/780690 "2017-02-25T02:47:28Z")\
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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Platypuses (or Platypods, if you must). Same as Octopus. Greek, not Latin.

So you have an issue with faux-Latiniatization of plurals but not the use of the term “wang”?

My rule of thumb: in non-formal writing, if any word sounds funny getting the “ii” suffix for pluralization, that justifies the words getting the “ii” suffix for pluralization.

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