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An essay on the origin of language, based on modern researches, and especially on the works of M. Renan

Note 155 — Chapter VI · METAPHOR.

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Φύσικα, i. 1. The name alligator (Spanish, el lagarto, the lizard) is another instance of the same kind of thing, as indeed is the Greek κροκόδειλος.

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