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Title:
Why is a tiger a tiger? : A bestiary of etymology
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
featuring the stories behind some 70 animals' names accompanied by all new paper cut illustrations. Learn what the ant has in common with the trout, why we humans are similar to the mole and the mammoth, who created the word insect, where the lemur got its name from and why a partridge's whooshing sound turned into its name.
Year Published:
2012
Physical Description:
1 volume : illustrations
Edition:
Second expanded edition
ISBN:
9780990736004
Publisher:
Eureka, IL : Linguist-Educator Exchange, 2012.

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