Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Egyptian or Nile goose, Chenalopex or Alopochen œgyptiaca: so called either from the rusty-reddish coloration or from the bird's breeding in underground burrows.
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Examples
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There are moreover otters in the river, which they consider to be sacred; and of fish also they esteem that which is called the lepidotos to be sacred, and also the eel; and these they say are sacred to the Nile: and of birds the fox-goose.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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There is a halting victualler, who styles himself the partridge; Menippus calls himself the swallow; Opuntius the one-eyed crow; Philocles the lark; Theogenes the fox-goose;
The Birds 2000
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There is a halting victualler, who styles himself the partridge; Menippus calls himself the swallow; Opontius the one-eyed crow; Philocles the lark; Theogenes the fox-goose; Lycurgus the ibis;
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Opuntius the one-eyed crow; Philocles the lark; Theogenes the fox-goose;
The Birds 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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There are moreover otters in the river, which they consider to be sacred; and of fish also they esteem that which is called the lepidotos to be sacred, and also the eel; and these they say are sacred to the Nile: and of birds the fox-goose.
An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 20-39 Herodotus 1909
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There are moreover otters in the river, which they consider to be sacred; and of fish also they esteem that which is called the _lepidotos_ to be sacred, and also the eel; and these they say are sacred to the Nile: and of birds the fox-goose.
The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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_lepidotos_ to be sacred, and also the eel; and these they say are sacred to the Nile: and of birds the fox-goose.
An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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