Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... seen a tree whose fruit produced birds . Giraldus Cambrensis , who had been tutor to Prince John during his visit to Ireland in 1185 , and who was familiar also with the coasts of his native Wales , gave his support to the theory ...
... seen a tree whose fruit produced birds . Giraldus Cambrensis , who had been tutor to Prince John during his visit to Ireland in 1185 , and who was familiar also with the coasts of his native Wales , gave his support to the theory ...
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... seen ( or to have fancied having seen ) a black woodpecker dipping across a ride , knowing that my Martius would almost certainly be counted as an ' escape ' or as a mal - observed jackdaw or green woodpecker . Since the black ...
... seen ( or to have fancied having seen ) a black woodpecker dipping across a ride , knowing that my Martius would almost certainly be counted as an ' escape ' or as a mal - observed jackdaw or green woodpecker . Since the black ...
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... seen kneeling . I had just been to Morocco , and in a paddock near Fez I had seen a camel kneel down . Camels make a considerable business of this action . It was something that I had not seen previously except at Whipsnade . Now I ...
... seen kneeling . I had just been to Morocco , and in a paddock near Fez I had seen a camel kneel down . Camels make a considerable business of this action . It was something that I had not seen previously except at Whipsnade . Now I ...
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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