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Subject:	Re: Conus barbara
From:	Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:32:33 +0000
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Conus barbara :

>  Incidentally, the name literally means "foreign", or more loosely
> translated "rough", "unfinished", "crude".  Sorry :-)

Incorrect. It means 'bearded' (as in Arca barbatus, the bearded Ark). It
was applied by early yuppie societies (the Romans) to 'barbarians', because
- like me - they didn't shave.

The Roving Pedant.

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