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lynx collapse: short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur; a text browser

chimpanzee collapse: intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

porcupine collapse: relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

raccoon collapse: an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America; the fur of the North American racoon

guinea pig collapse: stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research

hunt collapse: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); United States architect (1827-1895); Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"; seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"; oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"; yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

ferret out collapse: search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"

farseeing collapse: planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

hawk collapse: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail; an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations; hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"

polecat collapse: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

unearth collapse: bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"

monk collapse: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work; United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

excavate collapse: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"; form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

quest collapse: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"; seek alms, as for religious purposes; search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"; make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"

skunk collapse: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

seek collapse: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk; inquire for; "seek directions from a local"; go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"; try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"

glutton collapse: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia; a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

weasel collapse: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck

uncover collapse: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"; make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"

spy collapse: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors; a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"; secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians"; watch, observe, or inquire secretly

cat collapse: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats; a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"; beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

reveal collapse: make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government"; disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

discover collapse: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"; make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"; see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"

ape collapse: any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all; imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"

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