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  • 111Pluto — Plu to, [Also spelled {rop. .]n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. [1913 Webster] 2. The ninth planet of the Solar System, the smallest (5700 …

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  • 112Pluto monkey — Pluto Plu to, [Also spelled {rop. .]n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. [1913 Webster] 2. The ninth planet of the Solar System, the smallest …

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  • 113rop — Pluto Plu to, [Also spelled {rop. .]n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. [1913 Webster] 2. The ninth planet of the Solar System, the smallest …

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  • 114Ursus horribilis — Grizzly Griz zly, a. Somewhat gray; grizzled. [1913 Webster] Old squirrels that turn grizzly. Bacon. [1913 Webster] {Grizzly bear} (Zo[ o]l.), a large and ferocious bear ({Ursus horribilis}) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is …

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  • 115Vansire — Van sire, n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.] (Zo[ o]l.) An ichneumon ({Herpestes galera}) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also {vondsira}, and {marsh ichneumon}. [1913… …

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  • 116vondsira — Vansire Van sire, n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.] (Zo[ o]l.) An ichneumon ({Herpestes galera}) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also {vondsira}, and {marsh ichneumon}.… …

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  • 117Woodchuck — Wood chuck , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A common large North American marmot ({Arctomys monax}). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also {ground hog}.… …

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  • 118agouti — noun Etymology: French, from Spanish agutí, ultimately from Tupi akutí Date: 1625 1. any of a genus (Dasyprocta) of tropical American rodents about the size of a rabbit 2. a grizzled color of fur resulting from the barring of each hair in several …

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  • 119grizzly — adjective (grizzlier; est) Date: 1594 grizzled …

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  • 120peccary — noun (plural ries) Etymology: of Cariban origin; akin to Suriname Carib paki:ra peccary Date: 1697 any of several largely nocturnal gregarious American mammals resembling the related pigs: as a. a grizzled animal (Tayassu tajacu) with an… …

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