Davis County Clipper | 1908-06-19 | Page 3 | Origin of Common Words

origin of common words alligator Is merely another form of the spanish el lagarto the tha lizard shakespeare classed the alligator as a fish to judge from romeos description of the contents of the apothem carys shop an alligator stuffed and other skins ot ill shaped fishes somewhat like alligator the lizard the which merely means BOW and ostrich which cornea comes from the latin word for a bird and a greek word that meant either a sparrow or an ostrich as aa the case might be any bird in u fact the ostrich I la ii i just the bird bird according to etymology