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buckskin collapse: horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail; a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin

armadillo collapse: burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates

platypus collapse: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

opossum collapse: nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

elephant collapse: five-toed pachyderm; the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

luminescence collapse: light from nonthermal sources; light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

phosphorescence collapse: a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased

fluorescence collapse: light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength

kangaroo collapse: any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

mammal collapse: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

fata morgana collapse: a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

hare collapse: swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes; run quickly, like a hare; "He hared down the hill"

antelope collapse: graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

hightail collapse: leave as fast as possible; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"

ermine collapse: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat; the expensive white fur of the ermine

sporting collapse: involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"; relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"

phosphor collapse: a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

trickster collapse: a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

reynard collapse: a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

fox collapse: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs; the Algonquian language of the Fox; a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River; English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691); English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806); the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox; become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

hyena collapse: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

fur collapse: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel); a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal; the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

hoof collapse: the foot of an ungulate mammal; the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals; dance in a professional capacity

rat collapse: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse; a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure; catch rats, especially with dogs; give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat; employ scabs or strike breakers in; desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

hotfoot collapse: a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it; without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"

pig collapse: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace; live like a pig, in squalor

wisp collapse: a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"; a flock of snipe; a small bundle of straw or hay; a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"

jackal collapse: Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair

pelt collapse: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

shyster collapse: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods

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