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Australis
The australis piscis (southern fish) is so named, says Isidore of Seville in an unlikey etymology, because it takes up (haurire) a wave of water in its mouth (oris, drink).
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Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes
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Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 123v
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