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Quaere: What kind of name is 'Omnipor'?

Author: * Maria Marius - 1 Post on this thread out of 1,875 Posts sitewide.
Date: Mar 14, 2007 - 22:42

Is this a real name?

I tried to parse it out, but the closest thing I can find is the Latin for "leek" (which is porrus, -i, m). So Omnipor is "Universal Leek"?

One of the online reviewers refers to him as "Greasius." That seems more appropriate somehow.

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