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nautiloids
/ˈnɔːtɪlɔɪdz/

A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.

jaw
jawnoun
/d͡ʒɔː/ /d͡ʒɑ/

Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.

nests
nestsnoun
/nɛsts/

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

red-tailed hawks
/ˌrɛd ˈteɪld hɔks/ /ˌrɛd ˈteɪld hɑks/

Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

sleep
sleepnoun
/sliːp/ /slip/

The hibernation of animals.

ship rat
/ˈʃɪp ˌræt/

A common species of rat, Rattus rattus.

pelycosaur
/ˌpɛlɪkoʊˈsɔr/

Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.

bellowing
/ˈbɛloʊɪŋ/ /ˈbɛləwɪŋ/

To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

scoters
/ˈskoʊtərz/

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.

honker
honkernoun
/ˈhɑŋkər/ /ˈhɔŋkər/

A wild goose.

sand eels
/ˈsænd iːlz/

Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.

millepore
/ˈmɪlɪˌpɔːr/ /ˈmɪliˌpɔr/

Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.

goober
goobernoun
/ˈɡuːbə/ /ˈɡubəɹ/

A very small clam.

mozzie
mozzienoun
/ˈmɒz.i/

A mosquito.

"I couldn't sleep last night because a mozzie kept buzzing in my ear. "

leaf-nosed bat
/ˈliːfˌnoʊzd bæːt/

A bat of the family Phyllostomidae, having a pointed projection on the snout.

gelatins
/ˈdʒɛlətɪnz/

A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.

gall
gallnoun
/ɡɑl/

Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

calcific
calcificadjective
/kælˈsɪfɪk/

Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles

strandwolf
/ˈstrændwʊlf/

The brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea).