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From Ancient Greekδέκα(déka, “ten”) + ὀκτώ(oktṓ, “eight”), from a traditional interpretation of its call as these words; in a Greek fable the bird was sent by the gods in answer to a servant girl's prayer that the world would be told of her paltry salary of 18 coins.
