Acanthomyops (W3)

Acanthomyops | Acanthomyops arizonicus | Acanthomyops bureni | Acanthomyops californicus | Acanthomyops claviger | Acanthomyops colei | Acanthomyops coloradensis | Acanthomyops creightoni | Acanthomyops interjectus | Acanthomyops latipes | Acanthomyops mexicanus | Acanthomyops murphyi | Acanthomyops occidentalis | Acanthomyops plumopilosus | Acanthomyops pogonogynus | Acanthomyops pubescens | Acanthomyops subglaber

adder (W1)

Animal, animalisch (W3)

Butterfly
petaloudia
Lepidoptera
papillon
Pavillon
Farfalle
Schmetterling
smetana, Falter (W3)

by Matthew Rabuzzi Cupertino, CA. U.S.A.

• Butterfly Etymology
• Moth Etymology
• Caterpillar Etymology
• Related Words

Here's a little bagatelle (or, very imprecisely, a bugatelle!) of entomology etymology. I've long been fascinated by the large variety of distinct words for "butterfly" in various Indo-European languages. Here is my butterfly collection, which I hope will be of more than "e-vanessa-nt" interest.

Alberta Butterflies
By

• C. D. Bird
• G.J. Hilchie
• N.G. Kondla
• E.M. Pike
• F.A.H. Sperling

The Provincial Museum of Alberta 1995

Introductory Chapters include:

• History of butterfly collectors in alberta
• Butterfly gardening in Alberta
• Butterfly collecting
• Morphology
• Systematics

Alberta Bufferflies is the first comprehensive guide and reference to the butterflies of the province. Life-size colour photographs complement the descriptions of every species and subspecies of butterfly known or expected to occur in Alberta. Full colour pictorial keys assist the novice and expert alike in identifying any butterflies encountered in the province. Each species account includes habitat requirements, life history, and distribution information. Colour maps illustrate species ranges in North America and confirmed records from Alberta. The main flight periods as well as earliest and latest flight records are illustrated graphically for quick reference. A section on etymology describes the origin of the sometimes ponderous scientific names of each species.
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3. Château de Goulaine
Vineyard, museum, butterfly collection/Haute Goulaine, France
Founded: 1000
(E?)(L?) http://chateau.goulaine.online.fr/
The castle, owned by the Goulaine family, houses a rare butterfly collection in addition to a museum. It hosts various functions, including weddings. Wine is available for sale at the castle’s vineyards.

• Acropora butterfly Hawaii Chaetodon trifascialis Aquarium
• Addis butterflyfish USA Chaetodon semilarvatus Vernacular
• African butterflyfish Australia Chaetodon dolosus Vernacular
• African butterflyfish Micronesia Chaetodon dolosus Vernacular
• ...

"IRON BUTTERFLY"
The band wanted a name that sounded heavy and beautiful at the same time. Trivia: Their biggest hit was "In A Gadda Da Vida", which was originally called "In The Garden of Eden". The singer was so trashed on LSD one rehearsal that it came out "In A Gadda Da Vida", and the band decided that was a better name for the song.

Welcome to the fourth issue of Cultural Entomology Digest. This issue focuses on butterfly and moth cultural entomological references. Butterflies are perhaps the most popular group of all insects and cary symbolic meaning for almost every human culture. Their general beauty and harmless demeanor allow many individuals to perceive this group in a positive light when compared to most other insect groups.
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Butterfly Etymology

| “Butterfly” in English | “Butterfly” in other languages | psyche | petalouda | papilio/onis | papillon | fifoldara | fifalde | fifaltra | fifrildi | farfalla | feileacan | mariposa | borboleta | Schmetterling | sommerfugl | zomerfeygele | babochka | dushichka | pillango’/lepke | hu-tieh | moth | polilla | traça | Motte | moell | moelur/moelfluga | caterpillar | chenille | eruca/ae | bruco | oruga | lagarta/larva | larve/kaalorm | fifrildislirfa | Related words in English | pupa | cocoon | chrysalis | fritillary | Lepidoptera

castrate (W3)

• "alcazar" = "Burg", "Schloss", "Palast"
• "Alkazar" = "Burg", "Schloss", "Palast"
• span. "alcázar" = "Burg", "Festung", "maurisches Schloss"
• "castellan"
• "Kastellan" = "Burgvogt", "Schlossvogt"
• "castellated" = "burgenreich"
• "castle" = "Burg", "Schloß"
• lat. "castrum" = "fortified place", "camp", "separated place", "befestigter Platz"
• "caste"
• "Kaste" = "Gesellschaftsklasse"
• "chaste" = "rein", "keusch", "unschuldig", "schlicht"
• "castigate" = "züchtigen"
• "incest"
• "Inzest" = "nicht rein"
• lat. "castus" = "chaste", "pure" (= "cut off from or free of faults")
• "caret" = "Einschaltungszeichen" ("Trennzeichen")
• lat. "carere" = "to be cut off from", "lack"
• "cashier" = "Kassenführer", "Kassierer"
• dt. "kassieren", von lat. "cassare" = "aufheben", "annullieren", lat. "cassus" = "leer", "nichtig"
• "quash" = "aufheben", "annullieren", "verwerfen"
• "cassation"
• "Kassation" = "Ungültigkeitserklärung"
• lat. "cassus" = "empty", "void"

Caterpillar, Chenille (W3)

coach dog, carriage dog (W3)

coach-horse (W3)

cob
cobweb (W3)

Dog (W3)

doodlebug (W3)

earworm
Ohrwurm
perce-oreille
earwig (W1)

I find the figurative "Ohrwurm" (German) at Google Groups from 1991, the appropriate English "earworm" from 1993.

Der Ohrwurm, des -es, plur. die -würmer.
1) Eine Art Käfer, dessen Schwanz mit einer Zange versehen ist, welcher sich auf faulen Standen, Pflanzen und in der Erde aufhält, und welchen man fälschlich in dem Bedachte hat, daß er den Schlafenden gern in die Ohren krieche; "Forficula Auricularia L." "Zangenkäfer", "Ohrkäfer", "Ohrhöhler", "Öhrling", Nieders. "Ohrworm", "Gaffeltange", in der Schweiz "Ohrenmittel", "Mittel", von "Made". So freundlich als ein Ohrwurm oder Ohrwürmchen, im gemeinen Leben, weil dieser Käfer im Gehen viele schlangenförmige, dem Ansehen nach freundliche Bewegungen macht. Könnte ein Ohrwürmchen geschmeidiger seyn? Less.
2) Auch eine Art Asseln, welche gleichfalls einen getheilten zangenförmigen Schwanz hat; "Scolopendra Forficata L." führet den Nahmen des Ohrwurmes.
3) Bey den Jägern ist der Ohrwurm, ohne Plural, eine "Krankheit an den Ohren der Jagdhunde", welche von einer scharfen Feuchtigkeit herrühret, die ihnen die Ohrenwund frisset.
Anm.
Da die beyden ersten Arten Ohrwürmer, den neuern Erfahrungen zu Folge, die Ohren der Menschen nicht mehr aufsuchen als ein jedes anderes Insekt, so ist sehr wahrscheinlich, daß sie ihren Nahmen von ihrem zangenförmigen, einem "Öhre" nicht unähnlichen Schwanze haben; ( S. "Öhr" und "Ohr" 2. 2). Die Unkunde der wahren Bedeutung ihres Nahmens hat denn gemacht, daß man ihn so gut zu erklären gesucht, als man konnte, und dieses Insect für den gefährlichsten Feind des Ohres ausgab.

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We created this site for those of you that have a song stuck in your head and you can't get it out no matter what you do. Using the latest in reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology, we've been able to allow our users to “unhear” songs by hearing equally catchy songs. So really all we're doing is making you forget your old song by replacing it with another one... sorry.

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Die Redensart, "so freundlich als ein Ohrwurm oder Ohrwürmchen", ist daher entstanden, weil dieser Käfer im Gehen viele schlangenförmige dem Ansehen nach freundliche Bewegungen macht.
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3) Bey den Jägern ist der Ohrwurm oder Ohrenwurm, eine Krankheit an den Ohren der Jagdhunde, welche von einer scharfen Feuchtigkeit herrührt, die ihnen die Ohren wund frißt.
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Word Spy has posted a 12/22/1987 article from The Whole Earth Review, talking about Ohrwurms in the figurative sense, so it seems unlikely that the English term could have predated the German term.

gullible (W3)

... I should note that most authorities feel that the "gull" in "gullible" is not a "seagull" (= "Möwe"), but comes from an earlier sense of the word, meaning a "young bird" of any species. And young birds, as you seem to have discovered, are easy to fool. ...

horse's mouth - I heard it straight from the horse's mouth
geschenkter Gaul - einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul
long of tooth (W2)

It’s raining Cats and Dogs (W3)

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All of these are unlikely given the early metaphorical uses of cat and dog to signify something noisy and violent. The most likely explanation is the simplest. The noise and violence of a storm is the metaphorical equivalent of a cat and dog fight.
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jaywalker (W3)

Moth, Motte (W3)

ox, , Oxbow (W3)

"Oxen" is the only true survival in Mod.Eng. of the O.E. weak plural.

"Oxbow" "semicircular bend in a river" is first recorded 1797, Amer.Eng. (New England), in ref. to the shape of the piece of wood which forms the collar for an ox yoke (so called from 1368).

Petrel (W3)

• Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
  
• Barau's petrel (Pterodroma baraui)
  
• Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)
• Cook's petrel (Pterodroma cookii)
• Galapagos petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia)
• Grey petrel (Procellaria cinerea)
• Juan Fernández petrel (Pterodroma externa)
• Peruvian diving-petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)
• Providence petrel (Pterodroma solandri)
• Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
• Stejneger's petrel (Pterodroma longirostris)
• Westland petrel (Procellaria westlandica)
• White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

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The stormy petrel. So named, according to tradition, from the Italian Petrello (little Peter), in allusion to St. Peter, who walked on the sea.
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Albatrosses, Petrels & Shearwaters

Shearwaters And Petrels

Antarctic Giant Petrel | Audubon's Shearwater | Bermuda Petrel | Black-capped Petrel | Black-vented Shearwater | Black-winged Petrel | Bonin Petrel | Buller's Shearwater | Bulwer's Petrel | Cape Verde Petrel | Cape Verde Shearwater | Christmas Shearwater | Cook's Petrel | Cory's Shearwater | Fiji Petrel | Flesh-footed Shearwater | Galapagos Petrel | Great-winged Petrel | Greater Shearwater | Hawaiian Petrel | Herald Petrel | Jouanin's Petrel | Juan Fernandez Petrel | Kermadec Petrel | Little Shearwater | Manx Shearwater | Mottled Petrel | Murphy's Petrel | Northern Fulmar | Parkinson's Petrel | Phoenix Petrel | Pink-footed Shearwater | Short-tailed Shearwater | Sooty Shearwater | Southern Fulmar | Stejneger's Petrel | Streaked Shearwater | Tahiti Petrel | Townsend's Shearwater | Wedge-tailed Shearwater | White-necked Petrel

SPECIES RESULTS (71)

Antarctic Petrel | Cape Petrel | Snow Petrel | Mascarene Petrel | Tahiti Petrel

Atlantic Petrel | Phoenix Petrel | Mottled Petrel | Providence Petrel | Murphy's Petrel | Kermadec Petrel | Magenta Petrel | Herald Petrel | Henderson Petrel | Madeira Petrel | Barau's Petrel | Galapagos Petrel | Hawaiian Petrel | Cook's Petrel | Defilippe's Petrel | Gould's Petrel | Bonin Petrel | Chatham Petrel | Stejneger's Petrel | Pycroft's Petrel | Fiji Petrel | Vanuatu Petrel | Blue Petrel | Bulwer's Petrel | Jouanin's Petrel | Gray Petrel | Parkinson's Petrel | Westland Petrel | Kerguelen Petrel | Antarctic Giant Petrel | Hall's Giant Petrel | Great-winged Petrel | White-headed Petrel | Black-capped Petrel | Soft-plumaged Petrel | Cape Verde Petrel | Juan Fernandez Petrel | White-necked Petrel | Black-winged Petrel | White-chinned Petrel | Peruvian Diving-Petrel | Magellanic Diving-Petrel | Common Diving-Petrel |

• Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe - Wilson's Petrel - Oceanites oceanicus
• Wellenläufer - Leach's Petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa

"Petrel", ein Nahme des Sturmvogels, Procellaria pelagica Linn.

"Petrelle", ein Feuerwerksstück, welches eigentlich eine Pastillienhülse, und ungefähr 1 Fuß lang ist. Ehe man solche mit gekörntem Pulver füllet, drückt man sie, aber nicht so stark, breit zusammen, bis auf die Gegend, wo man den Trichter hineinsteckt, durch welchen das Kornpulver laufen muß. Wenn sie nun gefüllet ist, so legt man sie auf den Tisch, und rollet mit einem runden Holze darüber, damit das gekörnte Pulver zerdrückt werde; alsdann beuget man sie nicht in die Runde zusammen, sondern leget sie in einen Zickzack, oder schlangenweise, und bindet sie in der Mitte mit einem Faden fest auf einander. In das umgebundene Ende steckt man eine Stapine oder Communication, zündet sie an, und wirft sie auf den Boden, auf welchem sie herum springt, platzt und kracht.

reindeer, Rentier, caribou, Donner, Blitzen (W3)

The word "caribou" derives from the Micmac word "galipu" and entered English in the 1660s. Presumably, English-speaking hunters in North America adopted this native American word without realizing that the species already had a perfectly good English name in "reindeer".

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Etymology: Today's word "rentier" was imported from Old Norse "hreindýri" from "hreinn" = "reindeer", the more usual name for the animal + "dýr" = "deer". Also Swedish "rendjur" or just "ren", Da. "rensdyr", Dutch "rendier", German "Rentier".
The Middle English word "deer", referred to all animals, as does its German cousin "Tier" = "animal".
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Old Norwegian and Old Icelandic "hreinn" = "reindeer" comes from the same PIE root as "horn".
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"Reindeer" first appeared in Middle English (as "rayne-dere") way back around 1400 (if not earlier, records from the period being a bit spotty, of course). Even though the word is very old, the second element is definitely our modern word "deer". The "rein" part derives from the Old Norse "hreinn", which was simply the Norse word for the animal. So the combination "reindeer" actually amounts to "reindeer deer".
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Who are those last two reindeer? "Dunder" and "Blixem"? Aren't they supposed to be "Donner" and "Blitzen"?

The story of how two reindeer named "Dunder" and "Blixem" became "Donner" and "Blitzen" is a complicated and confusing one, in part because a good deal of mystery remains about the origins of the poem that named them, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas." We'll do our best here to trace the history of how the poem - and the names of two reindeer - changed over time.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Claim: The character "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was created for the Montgomery Ward group of department stores.
Status: True.

SoS (W3)

What is Save our Squirrels?

Save our Squirrels is the largest single-species conservation project taking place in the UK at present. Launched in July 2006, the project has the remit to deliver red squirrel conservation, information, and access projects in Northumberland, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, and North Merseyside.
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stormy petrel (W3)

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The stormy petrel. So named, according to tradition, from the Italian Petrello (little Peter), in allusion to St. Peter, who walked on the sea.
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The Elusive Stormy Petrel (19 January 1997)
... The term "stormy petrel" in general usage Anm.: als "schlechtes Zeichen") has come to refer to a harbinger of trouble; perhaps people believed that the bird was seen just before a storm. ...
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The complete stormy petrels list, categorized by part of speech, is now available in HTML format. If you have new entries to add, send them to me. And let me know if you think something on the list doesn't belong there.

The Taxonomized Register of English "Stormy Petrels" (Last modified 6/3/97)
Concept and registry by Elliott Moreton. Items provided by Elliott Moreton except where otherwise noted. Page maintained by Jed Hartman.
Sooner or later I'll mark each of the petrels as "first-tier," "second-tier," or "joke," as defined by Elliott on the comments page. In the mean time, you'll have to figure out which category each item is in on your own.
A question mark next to an item indicates doubt as to its petrelosity.
NOUN requiring MODIFIER

• All PETRELS are STORMY (Except, of course, those that aren't. This item remains on the list for historical reasons.)
• All SHRIFT is SHORT
• All DUDGEON is HIGH
• ...

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• MODIFIER requiring NOUN
• SUBJECT requiring VERB
• DIRECT OBJECT requiring VERB
• MODIFIER requiring VERB
• VERB requiring SUBJECT
• VERB requiring DIRECT OBJECT (& OBLIQUE OBJECT(S))
• VERB requiring ANAPHORIC OBJECT
• VERB requiring MODIFIER
• NOUN requiring COORDINATE NOUN
• VERB requiring COORDINATE VERB
• ADVERB requiring COORDINATE ADVERB
• ADJECTIVE requiring COORDINATE ADJECTIVE
• "VERB" requiring INFINITIVAL COMPLEMENT
• Candidate Petrels
• Former Petrels

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"Stormy petrel" is an alteration of earlier "pitteral", probably so named in allusion to "St. Peter's walking on the sea", from the fact that the bird flies close to the water in order to feed on surface-swimming organisms and ship's refuse; called "stormy" because in a storm the birds surround a ship to catch small organisms which rise to the surface of the rough seas; when the storm ceases they are no longer seen.
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• Wilson's Storm-Petrel
• Polynesian Storm-Petrel
• European Storm-Petrel
• Least Storm-Petrel
• Leach's Storm-Petrel
• Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
• Tristram's Storm-Petrel
• Markham's Storm-Petrel
• Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
• Black Storm-Petrel
• Ringed Storm-Petrel
• Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
• New Zealand Storm-Petrel
• White-vented Storm-Petrel
• White-faced Storm-Petrel
• Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
• White-bellied Storm-Petrel
• Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
• Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

• Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe - Wilson's Petrel - Oceanites oceanicus
• Sturmschwalbe - Storm Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus
• Wellenläufer - Leach's Petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa

underdog (W3)