Capricorn 28: A large aviary

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a v e r a g e s c op e , b re a d t h , o r ca p a c i t y ; c o m p r e h e n s i v e . Th e w o r d a vi ar y d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t awi - w h i ch m e a n s b i r d a n d f r o m w h i c h d e s c e n d a via n ,

a vi a ti o n , c a via r , e gg , o s t ri c h, o va l ,
a n d o va ry . 2 TH EMES : T he t h e me h e r e c on c e r n s S I Z E . A m o n g t he s y n o n y m s o f l a rg e a r e t h e w o r d s c o mp r e h e n s i v e , e xt e n si v e , s p a ci o u s , a n d v o l u m i n o u s . I t s a n t o n y m s a r e li t t le , m i n i a t u r e , mi n u t e , s m a l l , a n d t i n y . Am o n g t h e d e r i v a t i v e s o f a wi - i s t he w o r d e gg , a w o r d w h o s e s y n o n y m s i n c l u d e se e d ( a s ma l l a m o u n t o f m a t e r i a l u s e d t o st a r t a c he m i ca l r e a c t i o n ) , c e l l ( t he s m a l l e s t s t r u c t u r a l u n i t o f a n o r g a n i sm t h a t i s c a p a b l e of i n d e p e n d e n t f u n c t i o n i n g ; t h e sm a l l e s t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l u n i t o f a c e n t ra l i z e d g r o u p o r m o v e m e n t ) , a n d e m b r y o ( t he m i n ut e , r u d i m e n t a r y p la n t c o n t a i n e d within a seed).

1 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/large 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, p. 6 Starling Hunter 2011 1