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Thread #59418 Message #1990639
Posted By: Rapparee
08-Mar-07 - 01:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
"Pileated" (as in the woodpecker) comes from the Latin "pilius", which was a kind of short spear or javelin.