Animals

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Names of animals often have interssting etymologies.
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  1. horse
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
  2. dog
    a canine domesticated by man since prehistoric times
    Wow! What a complex word family.
  3. cat
    feline mammal usually having thick soft fur
  4. rat
    any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
  5. giraffe
    tallest living quadruped
  6. ocelot
    nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
  7. hamster
    short-tailed burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
  8. parakeet
    any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
Created on Wed Dec 09 10:53:43 EST 2009

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