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    translates as 'buck's (i.e. goat's) strap-tongue'. The French name 'l'orchis bouc' means 'buck (i.e. goat) orchid'. Journal of Ecology - Himantoglossum hircinum...
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    Construction had not yet been completed, so the ship was towed to Port de Bouc, near Marseille, where she was scuttled by the Germans in August. When the...
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    Ecuador and Peru to France. On 23 March 1940 Krossfonn sailed from Port-de-Bouc in France to be dry docked in Galveston, Texas. However, on 8 April Germany...
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  • Auxiliary Transports". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022. "HMS Orchis of the Royal Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 21 August 2013. "Japanese Subchasers"...
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