Identical Words

ACK-ACK (english) anti-aircraft fire
AGAR-AGAR (english) microbiological growth medium
BADEN BADEN (german) name of a town
BERBER (english) Hamitic people after whome the Barbary Coast is named)
BERI-BERI (english) a deficiency disease
BONBON (french) a candy
BULLY-BULLY (Am slang for fornication)
CAN-CAN (english) a dance
CHIN-CHIN (english) a drinking toast
CHOO-CHOO (english) a train, especially locomotive thereof
CHOW CHOW (english) a breed of dog
CLEEK CLEEK (english) the sparrow hawk - falco sparverius
CLEVER-CLEVER (cunning, beguiling)
COUSCOUS (english) a culinary dish
DIG.DIG (english) an appended expression stressing the critical content
DIK-DIK (english) a dwarf African antelope
DUM-DUM (english) a type of bullet; a stupid person; an exotic fever
GONG-GONG (malaysian) a nautical instrument
HUBBA-HUBBA (english) exhortation to physical activity (fornication)
HULA-HULA (english) pertaining to a Hawaiian style
HUSH-HUSH (english) secret
ISM-ISM (english) a practice of indulgently over-analyzing situations)
JIG-JIG (english) a jolting motion, fornication
JUG-JUG (english) a call of the nightingale
JUBE-JUBE (english) confectionery
MERO-MERO (spanish) just, barely
MN^AM-MN^AM (czech) good meal, an equivalent of yum-yum
MURMUR (english) a soft and tremulous sound
PAWPAW (english) a fruit, also naughty
PIP-PIP (english) a salutation or farewell
PIRI_PIRI (portugal) a sauce, a dish made with such a sauce
POOH-POOH (english) to express contempt
POM-POM (english) an automatic machine cannon
PUFF-PUFF (english) train, same as CHOO-CHOO
RAH-RAH (english) marked by the enthusiastic expression of college spirit
SING-SING (english) a cob antelope
TAM-TAM (english) gong
TARTAR (english) steppe nomad
TOM-TOM (english) a drum
TSETSE (english) a tropical fly
TWENTY-TWENTY (english) perfect (vision)
WAGGA-WAGGA (english) Australia town
WAH-WAH (english) pedal operated device for electric guitar
WEE-WEE (english) urine; male private member
YUM-YUM (english) expression of gastronomic anticipation or satisfaction
WHAT-WHAT (what do you think? isn't that so? - used in noble circles)


Latin names of plants

FICUS FICUS - Weeping Willow
HIBISCUS HIBISCUS - Hibiscus


Latin names of animal species (not birds)

ALCES ALCES - Moose
BISON BISON - Bison (Surprise!)
BUFO BUFO - Common Toad
FELIS FELIS - Domestic Cat
LYNX LYNX - Eurasian Lynx
MEPHITIS MEPHITIS - Striped Skunk
PUFFINUS PUFFINUS - Manx shearwater
RATUS RATUS - Black Rat
VULPES VULPES - Red Fox


Latin names of species (birds)

ALLE ALLE - Dovekie
AMANDAVA AMANDAVA - Red Avadavat
AMAZILIA AMAZILIA - Amazilia Hummingbird
ANHINGA ANHINGA - Anhinga
ANSER ANSER - Graylag Goose
APUS APUS - Common Swift
BUBO BUBO - European Eagle-Owl
BUTEO BUTEO - Common buzzard
CARDINALIS CARDINALIS - Northern Cardinal
CARDUELIS CARDUELIS - European goldfinch
CASAURIUS CASAURIUS - Southern Cassowary
CICONIA CICONIA - White Stork
CINCLUS CINCLUS - White-throated Dipper
COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES - Hawfinch
COCHLEARIUS COCHLEARIUS - Boat-billed Heron
COELIGENA COELIGENA - Bronzy Inca
COLIUS COLIUS - White-backed Mousebird
COSCOROBA COSCOROBA - Coscoroba Swan
COTINGA COTINGA - Purple-breasted Cotinga
COTURNIX COTURNIX - Grey Quail
CREX CREX - Corn Crake
CROSSOPTILON CROSSOPTILON - White-eared Pheasant
CURAEUS CURAEUS - Austral Blackbird
CYANICTERUS CYANICTERUS - Blue-backed Tanager
CYGNUS CYGNUS - Tundra Swan
DIUCA DIUCA - Common Diuca Finch
DIVES DIVES - Melodious Blackbird
ENSIFERA ENSIFERA - Sword-billed Hummingbird
FRANCOLINUS FRANCOLINUS - Black francolin
GALLINAGO GALLINAGO - Common Snipe
GALBULA GALBULA - Green-tailed Jacamar
GALLUS GALLUS - Red Junglefowl
GRUS GRUS - Common Crane
GUIRA GUIRA - Guira Cuckoo
HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS - Black-winged Stilt
HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS - Harlequin Duck
ICTERUS ICTERUS - Troupial
INDICATOR INDICATOR - Greater Honeyguide
JACANA JACANA - Wattled jacana
LAGOPUS LAGOPUS - Willow Ptarmigan
LERWA LERWA - Snow Partridge
LIMOSA LIMOSA - Black-tailed Godwit
LUSCINIA LUSCINIA - Thrush Nightingale
MANACUS MANACUS - White-bearded Manakin
MASCARINUS MASCARINUS - Mascarene Parrot
MELANODERA MELANODERA - Canary-winged Finch
MILVUS MILVUS - Red Kite
MITU MITU - Alagoas Currasow
NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX - Black-crowned Night-Heron
OENANTHE OENANTHE - Northern Wheatear
ORIOLUS ORIOLUS - Golden Oriole
PAUXI PAUXI - Helmeted Currasow
PERDIX PERDIX - Gray Partridge
PETRONIA PETRONIA - Rock Petronia
PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS - Common Redstart
PICA PICA - black-billed magpie
PIPILE PIPILE - Trinidad Piping Guan
PIPRA PIPRA - White-crowned manakin
POLIOCEPHALUS POLIOCEPHALUS - Hoary-headed Grebe
PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO - Purple swamphen
PORPHYROLAEMA PORPHYROLAEMA - Purple-throated Cotinga
PORZANA PORZANA - Spotted Crake
PUFFINUS PUFFINUS - Manx Shearwater
PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX - Red-billed Chough
PYRRHULA PYRRHULA - Eurasian Bullfinch
QUELEA QUELEA - Red-billed Quelea
REGULUS REGULUS - Goldcrest
RIPARIA RIPARIA - Bank Swallow
RUPICOLA RUPICOLA - Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
SUIRINI SUIRINI - Suirini Flycatcher
SULA SULA - Red-footed Booby
TADORNA TADORNA - Common shellduck
TCHADRA TCHADRA - Southern Tchagra
TEMNURUS TEMNURUS - Ratched-tailed Treepie
TETRAX TETRAX - Little Bustard
TODUS TODUS - Jamaican Tody
TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES - Winter Wren
TYRANNUS TYRANNUS - Eastern Kingbird
VANELLUS VANELLUS - Northern Lapwing
XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS - Yellow-headed Blackbird
XENOPIROSTRIS XENOPIROSTRIS - Lafresnaye's Vanga


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