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{{WOTD|barometz|n|{{lb|en|mythology}} A [[purported#Adjective|purported]] [[zoophyte]], [[half]]-[[animal]] and half-[[plant#Noun|plant]], said to [[grow]] in the [[form#Noun|form]] of a [[sheep]].
# The {{vern|golden chicken fern}} or {{vern|woolly fern}} ({{taxlink|Cibotium barometz|species}}), the [[rhizome]]s of which are [[cover#Verb|covered]] in [[furry#Adjecive|furry]] [[brown#Adjective|brown]] [[hair]]; the [[legend]] ''(sense 1)'' is [[suppose]]d to have [[arise]]n because, when [[invert#Verb|inverted]], the rhizomes with [[stalk#Noun|stalks]] growing out of them [[resemble]] [[lamb#Noun|lambs]].|comment=Today is the 10th anniversary of [[w:UN Russian Language Day|UN Russian Language Day]], one of six such days established by [[UNESCO]] in 2010 to celebrate [[multilingualism]] and [[cultural]] [[diversity]] and to promote the equal use of its [[working]] [[language]]s. The word ''barometz'' is thought to be a corruption of {{cog|ru|баране́ц|t=a [[species]] of [[club moss]] ([[genus]] ''[[Lycopodium]]'')}}.|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barometz.wav|June|6}}