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polecat |
Noun
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American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled |
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pichiciago |
Noun
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very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck |
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pichiciego |
Noun
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very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck |
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pongid |
Noun
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any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae |
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parapodium |
Noun
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one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing |
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pectoral fin |
Noun
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either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement |
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pelvic fin |
Noun
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either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement |
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pygmy chimpanzee |
Noun
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small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire |
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preen gland |
Noun
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oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds |
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pangolin |
Noun
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toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites |
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pastern |
Noun
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the part between the fetlock and the hoof |
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patas |
Noun
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reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa |
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primary feather |
Noun
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one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
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primary quill |
Noun
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one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
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proconsul |
Noun
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an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul |
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proconsul |
Noun
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a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire |
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proconsul |
Noun
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an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power |
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polliwog |
Noun
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a larval frog or toad |
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pollywog |
Noun
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a larval frog or toad |
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Primates |
Noun
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an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings |
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primate |
Noun
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any placental mammal of the order Primates |
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primate |
Noun
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a senior clergyman and dignitary |
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proboscidean |
Noun
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massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
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proboscidian |
Noun
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massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
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pentail |
Noun
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brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third |
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panda |
Noun
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reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore |
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panda |
Noun
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large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet |
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pen-tail |
Noun
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brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third |
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pen-tailed tree shrew |
Noun
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brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third |
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prosimian |
Noun
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primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits |
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panda bear |
Noun
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large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet |
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proboscis monkey |
Noun
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Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose |
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peristome |
Noun
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region around the mouth in various invertebrates |
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peristome |
Noun
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(botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule |
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pygmy marmoset |
Noun
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the smallest monkey |
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potto |
Noun
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a kind of lemur |
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potto |
Noun
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arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail |
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pinche |
Noun
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South American tamarin with a tufted head |
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parr |
Noun
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the young of various fishes |
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parr |
Noun
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a young salmon up to 2 years old |
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plantigrade mammal |
Noun
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an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings |
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procyonid |
Noun
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plantigrade carnivorous mammals |
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pollack |
Noun
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important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic) |
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pollack |
Noun
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lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish |
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pollock |
Noun
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important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic) |
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pollock |
Noun
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lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish |
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pout |
Noun
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catfish common in eastern United States |
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pout |
Noun
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marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas |
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pout |
Noun
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a disdainful grimace |
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pout |
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make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip |