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  • 131pig — (n.) probably from O.E. *picg, found in compounds, ultimate origin unknown. Originally young pig (the word for adults was swine). Another Old English word for pig was fearh, related to furh furrow, from PIE *perk dig, furrow (Cf. L. porc us pig,… …

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  • 132grunion — [ grʌnjən] noun a small, slender Californian fish that swarms on to beaches to spawn. [Leuresthes tenuis.] Origin early 20th cent.: prob. from Sp. gruñón grunter …

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