[Python-ideas] Does jargon make learning more difficult?

[MRAB]

On 2018-08-15 09:17, Jonathan Fine wrote:
> Steve Barnes and Greg Ewing wrote:
> 
>>>   * A dinosaur is specifically an extinct terrible (formerly considered)
>>> lizard
>>
>>
>> Which technically is not a lizard.
> 
> I can't resist. Puffinus puffinus is the scientific name for
> 
> (drum roll)
> 
> no, not the Atlantic (or common) Puffin but
> 
> (off-pitch fanfare)
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_shearwater
> 
While we're at it, what's the only creature that's known commonly and 
only by its scientific name?