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Re: Gallopavo (was: Re: fruitbats)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Saturday, November 12, 2005, 12:22
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@H...> wrote:


>My dictionnary says it comes from "poule d'Inde", "India hen".
>It is likely that it were called "poule d'Inde", as guinea pigs are >still called "cochon d'Inde", "India pig", in french, before being >shortened in "d'Inde" and re-spelled "dinde".
In Italian the prickly pear cactus is called "fichi d'India," Indian figs, even though they are a new world plant. They appear on the menu in our Mexican restaurants where they are called "nopales" or "chumbos." Charlie http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur

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