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Crab, crayfish < IE root * gerebh - ` to scratch 'crocodile < Greek krokā ` pebbles' + drilos ` worm '(because it basks in the sun on a gravel beach, giving it the appearance of a legless worm) hippopotamus < Greek hippos ` horse + potamos ` river' moose < Algonquian mooswa ` he who eats off bark 'raccoon < Algonquian arathkone ` scratcher'
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