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poorwill |
Noun
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goatsucker of western North America |
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piciform bird |
Noun
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any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood |
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peckerwood |
Noun
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bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
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pouched mouse |
Noun
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any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats |
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pademelon |
Noun
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small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea |
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paddymelon |
Noun
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small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea |
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prototherian |
Noun
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primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea |
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potoroo |
Noun
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Australian rat kangaroos |
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platypus |
Noun
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small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet |
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phalanger |
Noun
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small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails |
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pouched mammal |
Noun
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mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried |
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possum |
Noun
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nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America |
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possum |
Noun
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small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails |
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pen |
Noun
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female swan |
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pen |
Noun
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a writing implement with a point from which ink flows |
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pen |
Noun
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an enclosure for confining livestock |
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pen |
Noun
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a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes |
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pen |
Noun
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a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play |
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pen |
Verb
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produce a literary work |
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plumule |
Noun
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down feather of young birds |
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pelage |
Noun
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growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal |
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plastron |
Noun
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(zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside |
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plastron |
Noun
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a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest |
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plastron |
Noun
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a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail |
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plastron |
Noun
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the front of man's dress shirt |
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plastron |
Noun
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the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt |
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pouched mole |
Noun
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small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole |
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placental mammal |
Noun
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mammals having a placenta |
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potamogale |
Noun
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amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter |
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pelt |
Noun
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body covering of a living animal |
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pelt |
Noun
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the dressed hairy coat of a mammal |
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pelt |
Verb
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to attack and bombard with or as if with missiles |
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pelt |
Verb
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to cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile |
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pelt |
Verb
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to rain heavily |
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plume |
Noun
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the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
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plume |
Noun
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a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament |
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plume |
Noun
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anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness |
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plume |
Verb
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dress or groom with elaborate care |
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plume |
Verb
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form a plume |
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plume |
Verb
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clean with one's bill |
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plume |
Verb
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deck with a plume |
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plume |
Verb
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be proud of |
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plume |
Verb
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rip off |
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pilus |
Noun
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hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism |
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pilus |
Noun
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any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal |
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protective covering |
Noun
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the tough natural covering of some organisms |
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protective covering |
Noun
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a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
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plumage |
Noun
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the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
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platyctenean |
Noun
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ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body |
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proboscis worm |
Noun
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soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract |