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botulus

Pronunciation: [ˈbɔ.tʊ.ɫʊs]

“botulus” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. sausage, black pudding

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“swelling”), borrowed through an Osco-Umbrian language; compare Proto-Germanic *kweþuz (“belly, womb”) and German Kuttel (“chitterlings”), Latin beccus.

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