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File:Francesco Lana de Terzi Flying boat 1670.png|link=Airship (nonfiction)|[[Airship (nonfiction)|Aerial Ship]] reports sighting of ''dirrigibelli horribelli'' - probably the Carnivorous dirigble.
File:Francesco Lana de Terzi Flying boat 1670.png|link=Airship (nonfiction)|[[Airship (nonfiction)|Aerial Ship]] reports sighting of ''dirrigibelli horribelli'' - probably the Carnivorous dirigble.
File:Vostok1_descent_module.jpg|link=Spacecraft (nonfiction)|[[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|Vostok-1 descent module]] fear nothing, has nothing to fear from Carnivorous dirigibles.
File:Vostok1_descent_module.jpg|link=Spacecraft (nonfiction)|[[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|Vostok-1 descent module]] fears nothing, has nothing to fear from Carnivorous dirigibles.
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Revision as of 06:36, 14 June 2016

Carnivorous digible (Dirigible horribilis) is a species of self-aware dirigible.

It is a grazing ruminant airship, neither carnivorous nor horrible.

The term carnivous, and the Latin name Dirigible horribilis, are humorous irony, probably Edward Lear's doing.

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Nonfiction cross-reference