Why is a tiger a tiger? : A bestiary of etymology
Título:
Why is a tiger a tiger? : A bestiary of etymology
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Resumen:
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.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2012
Descripción física:
1 volume : illustrations
Edición:
Second expanded edition
ISBN:
9780990736004
Información de publicación:
Eureka, IL : Linguist-Educator Exchange, 2012.
©2012
