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In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
The terms Latino and Latina originated in Ancient Rome. In the English language, the term Latino is a loan word from American Spanish. [12] [13] (Oxford Dictionaries attributes the origin to Latin-American Spanish. [14]) Its origin is generally given as a shortening of latinoamericano, Spanish for 'Latin American'. [15]
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
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Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas [Field guide to native Spanish breeds] (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. ISBN 978-84-491-0946-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2019. Fogle, Bruce (2009). The Encyclopedia of the Dog. New York: DK Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7566-6004-8.
Latino, Latina and Latinx refer to people who are of Latin American descent. This includes people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America and Brazil, but excludes people from Spain.
The Xoloitzcuintle (or Xoloitzquintle, Xoloitzcuintli, or Xolo) is one of several breeds of hairless dog.It is found in standard, intermediate, and miniature sizes. The Xolo also comes in a coated variety, totally covered in fur.
A 2022 UK study on life expectancy of dog breeds based on veterinary data showed the average life expectancy to be 7.91 for the breed compared to 11.82 years for crossbreeds. [ 27 ] [ b ] A 2024 UK study found a life expectancy of 11.8 years for the breed compared to an average of 12.7 for purebreeds and 12 for crossbreeds . [ 28 ]