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Mississippi Facts
Origin of Name: From an Indian word meaning "Father of Waters"
Nickname: Magnolia State
Motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
State Symbols:
flower - evergreen magnolia (1952)
wildflower - coreopsis (1991)
tree - magnolia (1938)
bird - mockingbird (1944)
song - "Go, Mississippi" (1962)
stone - petrified wood (1976)
fish - largemouth or black bass (1974)
insect - honeybee (1980)
shell - oyster shell (1974)
water mammal - bottlenosed dolphin or porpoise (1974)
fossil - prehistoric whale (1981)
land mammal - white-tailed deer (1974), red fox (1997)
waterfowl - wood duck (1974)
beverage - milk (1984)
butterfly - spicebush swallowtail (1991)
dance - square dance (1995)
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