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higera

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

higera, f.n: a magpie or a woodpecker. [HIH-yeh-ra]

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A magpie from a 13th-century English bestiary. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 76r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]

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Gabriella L. Garlock

March 6, 2018 at 10:20 am Reply

Pika pika in Swedish

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