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ISLETS |
Small islands |
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CAYS |
Small islands |
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EYOTS |
Small islands |
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ISLES |
Small islands |
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NOSEFLUTE |
Small wind instrument of the South Sea islands |
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MISSILES |
Told not to hit small islands with fired rockets |
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INCH |
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off
the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc. |
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SHETLAND PONY |
One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane
and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie. |
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ARCHIPELAGO |
The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating
Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small
islands. |
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FIG |
A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known
from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward
to the Canary Islands. |
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MUNTJAC |
Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the
genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the
East Indian Islands. |
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EVERGLADE |
A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and
interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high
grass; as, the everglades of Florida. |
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KANCHIL |
A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T.
pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent
islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning. |
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SANTALUM |
A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small
apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from
India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood. |
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DROGHER |
A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off
sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting
lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. |
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TENREC |
A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of
Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and
Mauritius; -- called also t... |
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SOLITAIRE |
... formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was
larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for
flight... |
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LORIKEET |
Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots
or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent
islands, with some fo... |
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LORY |
Any one of many species of small parrots of the family
Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and
the mandibles str... |
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CANARY BIRD |
A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus
Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in
the 16th century, and ... |
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LEMUR |
One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to
the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle,
and large eye... |
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MARSUPIALIA |
...ary mammals in having the
corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their
young born while very immature. The female gener... |