Talk:New species of dart frog discovered in Colombia
Latest comment: 12 years ago by Pi zero in topic poisonous vs venomous
poisonous vs venomous edit
Poison dart frogs are poisonous, not VENOMOUS!! Some snakes produce venom... some frogs produce poison. There is a difference. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 99.65.57.95 (talk • contribs) 03:47, 30 December 2011
- Per the OED (the real one, not the modern thing), the word venomous has had 'containing poison' as one of its meanings for about seven centuries; see also wikt:venomous, and note that one of the cited sources for this article uses the term this way. Although I would tend to use the terms as you describe, the usage in the article clearly isn't "wrong". --Pi zero (talk) 04:40, 30 December 2011 (UTC)