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From: rcharman@bow.Princeton.EDU (Robert Craig Harman)
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Subject: Re: Thanks for monotreme replies... one more question.
Summary: Wrong language
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Date: 23 Apr 91 19:44:54 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.082506.29920@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> mcginnis@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>Apparently some other mammals other than monotremes (monotreme means
>"one hole" in Latin, I am told) have a urogenital sinus: ....

Monotreme comes from Greek, not Latin:

monotreme << (Gk.) mon-, monos "alone", "single" + -trema, tre^ma "hole"
	  << tetrainein, "to bore" 

Curiously, tetrainein stems from the same root as "throw" in English:

tetrainein >> terere, L., "to turn" & dra^en, OHG., "to turn" 
	   >> thra^wan, OE., "to cause to twist, turn" 
	   >> thrawen & throwen, ME., "to cause to twist, throw"
	   >> throw

where ^ is a macron, Gk. is Greek, L. is Latin, OHG. is Old High German,
      OE. is Old English, and ME. is Middle English.


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