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from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of orthopterous insects, including the crickets, as distinguished from the grasshoppers, etc.
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I found that the Lepidosiren is brought to market in pots with water in them, also white ants roasted, and the large snail, achetina, and a common snail: the Lepidosiren is called “sembe.”
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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