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grasshopper

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Dil-be-non
English JS Main: 
grasshopper
English: 
Cricket
Category: 
fauna: insects and spiders
Source: 
Painters
Page: 
348
Respelt: 
dil-ba-nån
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"Dil-be-nong" dilbanang = ""Native name Dil-be-nong" ...." grasshopper: Painters [::] [BB] <12412> "Dilban-ang" dilbanang = "Native name Dilban-ang.... " grasshopper: Painters [::] [BB] <12413> "Jir«rabirreen«" dyirabirin = "small locust" grasshopper: Mathews 8006/3/5 -5 [:116:21] [DG] "jirrabirrin" dyirabirin = "Small locust" grasshopper: Mathews DG 1901 [:159:35] [DG]"gil-be-nong" dyilbanang = "A grasshopper" grasshopper: Collins 1 [:512.2:12] [BB]
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
Source note: Watling

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