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sionnach commented on the word alectryomachy
Cockfighting.
February 10, 2008
peritus commented on the word alectryomachy
From the Greek alectry- (cock) and machia (battle). This seems to have morphed in some English contexts into "alectoromachy", but alectryomachy retains the Greek form.
February 10, 2008