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6.3.1.8 tr-r

Anc.Greektrioedopalpitate
Mod.GreektríorchosKestrel, 234
Anc.Greektríorchisa hawk. Evidently no relation to orchis "testicle"; this folk etym. is at the origin of the usual but erroneous accentuation triórchis
Ital.: Sic.triorvaKestrel, 234

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