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Caracal

A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

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Catamount 76% connected

The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

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Lynx 76% connected

Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip o…

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Africander noun · 78% connection

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born o…

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Almond noun · 78% connection

small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a har…

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Auriculated adjective · 78% connection

Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (…

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Blackhead noun · 78% connection

a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

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Blossom noun · 78% connection

The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is…

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Chaus noun · 78% connection

a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

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Civet noun · 78% connection

The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a b…

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Comedo noun · 78% connection

a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

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Corn noun · 78% connection

The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and befor…

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Drongo noun · 78% connection

A passerine bird of the family Dicruridae. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Aus…

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Ear verb · 78% connection

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

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Eared adjective · 78% connection

Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.

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Francolin noun · 78% connection

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…

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Galatian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who set…

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Hippopotamus noun · 78% connection

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…

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Lammergeier noun · 78% connection

A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown…

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Leopard noun · 78% connection

A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots…

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