Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... familiar flowers . Our native swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon is called after the son of Aesculapius . Davus , the Romans ' equivalent of Sambo or ' Rastus , wears the sober brown livery of the marsh ringlet . Among a host of ...
... familiar flowers . Our native swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon is called after the son of Aesculapius . Davus , the Romans ' equivalent of Sambo or ' Rastus , wears the sober brown livery of the marsh ringlet . Among a host of ...
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... familiar animals - stock , domestic , and pets . When fowls and even pigs were allowed to wander inside the wooden or clay - and - wattle walls of the homestead , their names , shapes , and habits were constantly in people's minds . The ...
... familiar animals - stock , domestic , and pets . When fowls and even pigs were allowed to wander inside the wooden or clay - and - wattle walls of the homestead , their names , shapes , and habits were constantly in people's minds . The ...
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... familiar to everybody . It is this familiarity that occasions slightly less well - known animals to be described in terms of the better - known , e.g. the fox - snake , Coluber vulpinus ; the fox- squirrel , Sciurus cinereus ; and a ...
... familiar to everybody . It is this familiarity that occasions slightly less well - known animals to be described in terms of the better - known , e.g. the fox - snake , Coluber vulpinus ; the fox- squirrel , Sciurus cinereus ; and a ...
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16th century adjective ancient animal appears Arabic Aryans became Bible bird bird-names bird's borrowed Britain British called Celtic chaffinch Chapter Chaucer chough cock cognate colour common connected corruption crane denote derived dialect Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dotterel duck Dutch earlier early England English epithet equivalent etymology fact folk-etymology French genus Germanic languages gives Greek habit heron horse human imitative implies Indo-European instance Italian language lapwing lark Late Latin later Linnaeus Low German Max Müller meaning meant mediaeval Middle Dutch Middle English Natural History nature-words Norse older onomatopoetic origin Parlement of Foules perhaps place-names plant primitive probably provincial name reference represents Roman root Sanskrit Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen sense Shakespeare sound Spanish species speech spelling spelt stem suggest swan Swedish syllable tongue traced tree Turner verb Welsh whence whimbrel wild Willughby woodpecker word wren yellow