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nests/nɛsts/

A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.

slippery elms/ˈslɪpəri ˈɛlmz/

Ulmus rubra, a North American elm tree with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.

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.

millepore/ˈmɪlɪˌpɔːr/ /ˈmɪliˌpɔr/

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

owl parrots/ˈaʊl ˈpærəts/

The kakapo.

sequoias/sɪˈkwɔɪ.əz/ /səˈkwɔɪ.əz/

Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.

gall/ɡɑl/

A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.

strandwolf/ˈstrændwʊlf/

The brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea).

lemurs/ˈliːmɜːrz/

Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.