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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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hart OE.
heor(o)t, = OS.
hirot (Du.
hert), OHG.
hir(u)z (G.
hirsch), ON.
hjǫrtr :- Gmc. *
χerutaz; prob. lit. ‘horned beast’, and based on IE. *
k̂ erw- (as in L.
cervus stag, W.
carw hart, OSl.
srûna roe), rel. ult. to
HORN.
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Mystery amoeba; parasitologists struggle to decipher a puzzling microbe's true identity.
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Amoeba
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amoeba
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Slime Molds
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Protozoan Diseases
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Dysentery
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