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Re: Country names

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Friday, May 9, 2003, 0:52
On Thu, 8 May 2003 16:52:26 -0400, Jeffrey Henning <Jeffrey@...>
wrote:

>I think types of animals are fine, but I like Joe's point that visual >distinctiveness is a plus.
I found a good one for Somalia: the long-necked antelope called a gerenuk (which comes from an actual Somali word). Scientific name _Litocranius walleri_.