why are escamos called escamoes?
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(m)\n\nInuit are a people who live near the Arctic. Their homeland stretches from the northeastern tip of Russia across Alaska and northern Canada to parts of Greenland. Inuit refers to the people formerly called Eskimos. The term Eskimo comes from a Native American word that may have meant 'eater of raw meat'. They prefer the name Inuit, which means 'the people' or 'real people' and comes from a language called Inuit-Inupiaq. The singular of Inuit is Inuk, which means 'person'.
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I don't know but atnatu is their Gods name it means the one without a anus. Because they would not worship something that poops!
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According to the English, it is derived from a place name indicating that they came from a place near the woods, or perhaps a grove of trees. My guess is that it is of Scandinavian origin and can be found all over Northern Europe.
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They are called "aliens", because "alien" means: \n\n"Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange."\n\nWhether aliens from other worlds exist or not is still an unanswered question.
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Inuit.\n\nWell its not exactly the new name, Eskimos claim have always called themselves Inuit\n\nYou might want to have a look at the wikipedia article for more detailed explanations about Eskimos
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There are someting called "Ashinaka" which translated would mean "the middle of the foot."  These were typically made of straw and would only cover the middle portion of the sole with the heels and toes protruding from the front and back.  They were worn to give better traction and gripping power.\n\nBTW...the link works if you take away the last three dots.
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It's short for TrailBlazers, named for the people using the Oregon Trail. For more on the Oregon Trail,\n\nhttp://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html
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Hi;\nThe donkey is a member of the horse family and is also known as "Ass","burro" and "Asinus". The scientific name is: Equus Asinus. It is the Nubian subspecies of African wild ass. It was first originated in Nubia and was used for work and carry load. there are diffrent types of donkeys and also different names for them in different pat of the world. Their names mostly comes from the language and the work they do. for example the domestice donkey is known as the beast of burden.\n\nyou can read more about the donkey at this website: http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/donkey.html#hist\n\nHope this helps.
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In Portuguese it is 'linho', in Spanish 'lino'
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It is of Spanish origin, and its meaning is "courteous." May also mean "court-dweller."
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If you mean, "why are the called skippers?", it's just a slang term.  Presumably it derives from maritime terminology.
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Cape Verdeans  Verde means green.  Also the green mountain boys in the american revolution
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I've heard from Mexicans in Mexico that the term gringo came from the military of the US. The battle cry "Green Go".I can't attest to the accuracy of this explanation. We are all known as "Bolillos" which is a white bread roll in Mexico.Gabachos,guedo pronounced"wedo" these terms refers to the light skin.It is very common to call people nicknames referring to their skin color hair,shortness,tallness etc.These usually aren't meant as insults or racial slurs.
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i always thought they were called "T-4 Plants" they live in the desert. They conserve ware by keeping their stomata closed because in normal plants stomata leaks out water
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Sloths and Anteaters- they are in the same order of animals as armadillos, called Xenarthra
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I agree with Isabel that we don't know what it looks like... \nYou could use some Greek or Latin roots so that the name refers to some characteristics of your creature. \nFor instance, a name starting with or including\nUro means "tail"\nAmauro = "gray"\nAureo = "golden"\nRubri = "red"\nSuchus = "crocodile"\nUnguis = "claw"\n... these are only some examples; you can have a name that's original but also somewhat rational.\nGood luck!
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'asqueles' are little, black ants...\n\nI think that the term comes from the nahuatl (ancient mexican dialect) term "azcatl" = ant