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Bovista

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Translingual

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Etymology

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From German Bovist, from older vohenfist (literally vixen's fart), from Middle High German vohe (vixen) +‎ vist (soft fart),[1] from Old High German foha vist (vixen fart).

Proper noun

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Bovista f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Agaricaceae – the true puffballs.

Hyponyms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Bofist m., Bovist m.”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 123

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