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David Costa pankihtamwa at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 8 17:38:41 UTC 2003


A very minor point, but the wiikwee- in Miami-Illinois wiikwee-pin$iwa
'lynx' doesn't mean 'spotted'; I don't know what it does mean, but 'spotted'
in Miami-Illinois is keetaki-.

David

A differentiation between Canadian lynx vs. bobcats is rare (bobcat as
"spotted lynx": Miami-Illinois wiikwee-pinaiwa, Minnesota-Ojibwe
gidagaa-bizhiw, BF kííhstsipimi-natááyo)
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