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Origin of Name: May come from Choctaw meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers"
Nickname: Yellowhammer State
Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)
State Symbols:
flower - camellia (1959)
bird - yellowhammer (1927)
song - "Alabama" (1931)
tree - Southern longleaf pine (1949, 1997)
salt water fish - fighting tarpon (1955)
fresh water fish - largemouth bass (1975)
horse - racking horse (1975)
mineral - hematite (1967)
rock - marble (1969)
game bird - wild turkey (1980)
dance - square dance (1981)
nut - pecan (1982)
fossil species - Basilosaurus Cetoides (1984)
official mascot and butterfly - eastern tiger swallowtail (1989)
insect - monarch butterfly (1989)
reptile - Alabama red-bellied turtle (1990)
gemstone - star blue quartz (1990)
shell - scaphella junonia johnstoneae (1990)
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