Prospecting for words
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Nearly 50% of the names given to minerals are reflections of people allied with the mineralogical profession. Inventors, explorers and even the composer Mozart have been commemorated in this way. Other names are derived from the place where the mineral was first discovered, and the physical comparison of the mineral to an animal or plant.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2001
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A harvest of words
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Many animals and plant names originate from Native American words, such as skunk, originating from the word squnck, and moose, originating from the Algonkian word moos. Other words in Canadian nature were applied by early English-speaking settlers.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 1999
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Crawling with words
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A description is presented of the different types of invertebrate which can be found in Canada. The attitude of the general public to spiders, insects and other invertebrates is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2000
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