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glutton

The origin and history of glutton.

Etymology

From Old French gloton, from Latin gluttonis ("glutton"). The wolverine's name "glutton" is actually a mistranslation of an Old Norse phrase meaning "mountain cat," which gave rise to a myth about the animal's greed.

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