Subject: Subject: scientific name etymology dovkie
Date: Nov 24 21:13:03 2003
From: Lisa Godina - lmgodina at iname.com
Jeff, Bruce et al.,
According to Donald J. Borror, "alle" is Icelandic for "the dovekie" (Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms: Compiled from the Greek, Latin and other languages, with special reference to biological terms and scientific names, 1960/1988).
Lisa Godina
Lacey, WA
mailto: LMGodina at iname.com
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