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Excerpt from Histoire Naturelle, Générale Et Particulière, Vol. 11: Avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi
Éleÿahant, en Grec, e'àë@dç en Latin, Elephantus Barra: en Italien Leophante; en Efpagnol, Elephantc; en Allemand, Help/mnt; en Anglois, Elephant; en Orient, Elfil. Phil ou Fil ell: un mat: Chaldéen qui fignifie ivoire, dont Munfter s'eû fervi pour défigner l'éléphant. 05 appelloit autrefois l'éléphant Barre aux Indes orientales; c'e& vraifemblablement de ce mot qu'ait dérivé le nom Barrus.
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