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Plautus

plau·tus

UK/ˈplɔːtəs/ US/ˈplaʊtəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)

2.

a genus of Alcidae

Origin

From Latin Titus Maccius Plautus, the latter two names traditionally held to be stage names, from plautus (“flat-footed, flap-eared”).

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