PROSPER TARBE
\pɹˈɒspə tˈɑːb], \pɹˈɒspə tˈɑːb], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_p_ə t_ˈɑː_b]\
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A French archaeologist; born at Paris, 1809. He has written: "Rheims, its Streets and Monuments" (1844); "The Church of Notre-Dame at Rheims" (1845); "History of the Language and the Dialects of Champagne" (2 vols., 1852).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.