Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011665, Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:08:34 -0700

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Fwd: organs of locomotion
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In response to Dane Gill's query re "organs of locomotion" in ADA ...

Looking up the word 'foot' in my 1970's Shorter Oxford dictionary,
I see that one of the definitions given is the 'organ of locomotion'
of certain invertebrates. VN was (I would hazard) taking this technical
phrase from his scientific studies.

Peter Hayes

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