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common spoonbill |
Noun
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pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa |
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chunga |
Noun
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Argentinian Cariama |
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crake |
Noun
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any of several short-billed Old World rails |
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courser |
Noun
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swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa |
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courser |
Noun
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a dog trained for coursing |
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courser |
Noun
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formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle |
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courser |
Noun
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a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey |
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cream-colored courser |
Noun
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courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World |
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crocodile bird |
Noun
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African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles |
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coastal diving bird |
Noun
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gull family |
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curlew |
Noun
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large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family |
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curlew sandpiper |
Noun
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Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew |
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crested penguin |
Noun
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small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
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common rorqual |
Noun
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large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat |
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cachalot |
Noun
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large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil, also known as the sperm whale |
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cormorant |
Noun
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large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish |
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common murre |
Noun
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the most frequent variety of murre |
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common dolphin |
Noun
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black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water |
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cetacean mammal |
Noun
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large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales |
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cur |
Noun
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an inferior dog or one of mixed breed |
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cur |
Noun
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a cowardly and despicable person |
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common blackfish |
Noun
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small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
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common seal |
Noun
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small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere |
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cairn |
Noun
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small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland |
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cairn |
Noun
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a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path |
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cairn terrier |
Noun
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small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland |
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chrysanthemum dog |
Noun
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breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails |
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coonhound |
Noun
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any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons |
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coondog |
Noun
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any dog trained to hunt raccoons |
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curly-coated retriever |
Noun
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an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat |
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canid |
Noun
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any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
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crabeater seal |
Noun
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silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans |
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crab-eating seal |
Noun
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silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans |
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clumber |
Noun
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a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair |
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clumber spaniel |
Noun
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a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair |
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cocker |
Noun
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a small breed with wavy silky hair |
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cocker |
Verb
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to treat with excessive indulgence |
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catamountain |
Noun
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bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat |
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cougar |
Noun
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large American feline resembling a lion |
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chow |
Noun
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a breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat, fluffy curled tails, and distinctive blue-black tongues |
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chow |
Noun
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a term for a meal or food |
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chow |
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to eat |
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catamount |
Noun
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large American feline resembling a lion |
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catamount |
Noun
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short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears |
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chow chow |
Noun
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breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues |
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corgi |
Noun
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either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head |
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caffer cat |
Noun
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widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor |
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collie |
Noun
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a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland |
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coyote |
Noun
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small wolf native to western North America |
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coyote |
Noun
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a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time) |