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Milk is explicitly defined as coming from mammary glands in mammals.
by DJBunnies 8y ago
Milk is explicitly defined as coming from mammary glands in mammals.
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- yayana 8y agoHow are mammals defined?
- tejtm 8y agophylogenetically[0] [0]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=40674 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mod...
- checkyoursudo 8y agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/milk https://www.etymonline.com/word/milk This says people have been calling other things milk for at least 800 years and suggests the origination might be in the verb form rather than the noun form. Also, defined by whom?
- TallGuyShort 8y agoExcept we also use the term in connection with almonds, coconuts, and soybeans and we don't have to act like it's hard to understand.
- goldfeld 8y agoIt's different and coconut milk is as much milk as a seahorse is a horse, it's just a word.
- TallGuyShort 8y agoAnd if people discuss seahorses, do you give them the biological definition of horse?
- dogma1138 8y agoThat’s because of modern branding, some places don’t allow those to be called milk, you can’t call it milk in the EU unless it comes from animal sources for example. Which is why almond, soy etc. would be called almond or soy drink in the EU you can’t even advertise it as a milk substitute.
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