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To: proxy_user
If you take the last B off zebub, you get zebu, an Ethiopian fly.

I don't know about an Ethiopian fly, but a zebu is a breed of cattle with a large hump.


18 posted on 08/15/2023 9:26:52 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

Zebub is the fly. You see it in the word “beelzebub” or “lord of the flies” the first part, “beel” is a cognate of the word “Baal” a middle-eastern god.


19 posted on 08/15/2023 10:45:13 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: EinNYC

Sorry, the zebub is the fly, the zebu is the ox.

Must study dictionary harder!


31 posted on 08/16/2023 6:59:46 AM PDT by proxy_user
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