Angoumois
Americannoun
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The caterpillars of another type, Angoumois grain moths, develop and feed within whole kernels of grain or corn, or inside seeds.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022
The Duke of Epernon protested that he had no idea of disobeying the king's commands, but that he thought his presence was more necessary for the king's service in Angoumois than at Metz.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
"While Epernon has the Angoumois it is his affair."
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
Colbert labored to increase the receipts; the new imposts excited insurrections in Angoumois, in Guyenne, in Brittany.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
If we could dislodge that viper, Epernon, from Angoumois, all would be clear before us till we reached the confines of Henry of Navarre.
From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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