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Thread #92752 Message #1776466
Posted By: The Barden of England
05-Jul-06 - 06:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Meat query - one for the linguists
Subject: RE: BS: Meat query - one for the linguists
Britannica comes up with this:-
(from Latin venatus, "to hunt"), the meat from any kind of deer; originally, the term referred to any kind of edible game.