What do ya call that space in the crease of a fin or a leg or a tentacle? - eviltoast

Ya got armpits for arms, so legpits and finpits and wingpits?? TENTACLE PITS?!

  • ShootBANGdang@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I love asking anatomy terminology questions like these. Fins, flippers, and tentacles don’t exactly have a pit to refer to, so the term is moot. However, wings do have a sort of armpit. I think I’ve used the word “wingpit” while writing bird characters before.