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James Lowen

@JLowenWildlife

Nature/travel writer, editor, guide & speaker. Author, 14 books inc Much Ado About Mothing, longlisted for 2022 Wainwright Prize. @weddingpresent devotee.

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Editing today produces a new word for me: 'spiggin' = the proteinous secretion from the kidneys of a male 3-spined Stickleback. Derives from the Swedish name for this sp., i.e. ‘spigg’, which – in turn – prob originates from the word ‘spik’, which refers to its spines – or spikes

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