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iptâarayvar pintail duck
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2813 | revised Jan 28 2015
iptâarayvar • N • pintail duck Anas acuta (ITIS).
Literally: 'painted black around the eyes'
| Derivation: | iptâarayva-ar | (= ip-ta-várayva-ar) |
| paint.eyes.black-having.been.-ed | (= ITER ta-here.and.there-having.been.-ed) |
Source: JPH ani 06:629