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Word hound Martha Barnette collects more than 300 common (and a few not-so-common - words and names that have surprising animal roots. Tracing word origins back to ancient Greece and Latin as well as to European roots and American slang, the entries offer a guided tour through literature, science, folklore, politics, and more - with a wilderness of animal meanings at every turn.

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