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Stamp depicting Mississippi’s state flower and bird
Picture of Mississippi’s state flag
Picture of Mississippi’s state seal

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Designation Symbol Scientific Name Year
Seal 1798
Arms 1894
Nickname Magnolia State
Nickname Bayou State
Nickname Mud-cat State
Motto Virtute et Armis  [(Latin...)] 1894
Song Go, Mississippi 1962
check mark (article available)Flower magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 1900
Wildflower Coreopsis Coreopsis 1991
check mark (article available)Tree magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 1938
check mark (article available)Bird mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1944
check mark (article available)Waterfowl wood duck Aix sponsa 1974
Land Mammal white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus 1974
Land Mammal red fox Vulpes vulpes 1997
Water Mammal bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus 1974
Reptile American alligator Alligator mississippiensis 2005
Fish largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 1974
Insect honeybee Apis mellifera 1980
Butterfly spicebush swallowtail Battus philenor 1991
Shell oyster shell Crassostrea virginica 1974
Soil Natchez Silt Loam
Fossil prehistoric whale Basilosaurus cetoides 1981
Stone petrified wood Plantae 1976
Grand Opera House Grand Opera House of Meridian 1993
American Folk Dance square dance 1995
Beverage milk 1984
Automobile Museum The Tupelo Auto Museum, Inc, 2003
Natural Science Museum The Mississippi Game and Fish Commission’s Mississippi Muse 1974
Historical Industrial Museum... The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc, 2004
Language English 1987
Toy Teddy Bear 2002
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