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“Golden” or “Ring-necked” (South Dakota’s state bird)
Served “under glass”

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PHEASANT

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“Ruffed” (Pennsylvania’s state bird)
Also called “prairie chicken”
Synonym for “complain”

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GROUSE

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“Rock” or “White-tailed” or “Willow” (Alaska’s state bird)
A kind of GROUSE
Feathered feet
White feathers in winter

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PTARMIGAN

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Migrate in Vs
Caused the “Miracle on the Hudson”
“National” bird

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CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis

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1 of 2 cranes in North America
Tallest of North American birds
Endangered
Named for their call

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WHOOPING CRANE

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1 of 2 cranes in North America
Common in Nebraska in their namesake habitat

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SANDHILL CRANE

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“Tufted”, e.g.
Chickadee relative
“Not a rodent”

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TITMOUSE

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Bird native to Americas
Nectar eaters, pollinators
Hoverers, small, “busy”

Species:
GIANT (largest, up to 8”/0.7oz)
ANNA’S
RIVOLI’S
BLUE-THROATED

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HUMMINGBIRD

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World’s smallest bird
2” long
Native to Cuba

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BEE HUMMINGBIRD

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America’s smallest bird
Named like an instrument and a muse

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CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD

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Fastest wingbeats of any bird (up to 200bpm)
“Gem-necked”

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RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD

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Patch of colour on the throat of a bird, especially a hummingbird

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GORGET

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Fig variety named for a sea

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ADRIATIC

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Spotted dog breed
Also called “coach” or “carriage dog”, “firehouse dog”, “plum pudding dog”
Born all white
Likes horses

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DALMATIAN

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A breed of dog, molly (fish), pelican, & dead language are all named this, after a Croatian “coast”

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DALMATIAN

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One of the strongest insects, this Coleopteran is named for a pachyderm

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RHINOCEROS BEETLE

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Odd-toed ungulate related to tapirs & horses
Greek for “nose horn”
Group is a “crash”
Black, White, & Sumatran have 2 horns
Indian & Javan have 1 horn

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RHINOCEROS

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Greek for “thick skin”
Obsolete grouping
Refers to hippos, rhinos, elephants, & tapirs

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PACHYDERM

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Wild mountain goat with back-curving horns
4-letter name (popular in crosswords)

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IBEX

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Asian monkey
Macaca mulatta
Used in medical research
Namesake of the positive/negative factor in human blood

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RHESUS MACAQUE
RHESUS MONKEY
(RHESUS or RH factor)

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“Winged”, “royal”, or “black-browed”
Name possibly comes from latin for “white”
Largest wingspan of any extant bird (10-12 feet)
Bad luck to kill, as in Coleridge’s “Rime”

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ALBATROSS

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“Storm” is one variety of this bird
Possibly named for the Saint who tried to walk in water with Jesus

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PETREL

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“Brahman” is the American variety
Also called “humped cattle”
Originate in India
Has a dewlap

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ZEBU

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Horse breed from Vienna’s “Spanish Riding School”
Developed by the Hapsburgs
Named for Lipica, Slovenia
Rescued by George Patton in WWII

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LIPIZZAN(ER)

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Apple variety that sounds like Charlemagne’s son

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PIPPIN

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Greek olive
Brown-purple, almond shaped
Named for a Peloponnese region

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KALAMATA

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GENUS of horses, zebras, & donkeys
Species include ____ caballus, the domestic horse

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EQUUS

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GENUS of swans
Includes species “buccinator” (trumpeter) & “atratus” (black)

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CYGNUS

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Genus in the wren family
Greek for “hole-diver”
Sounds like cavemen

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TROGLODYTES

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Snake of the genus Bungarus
Venomous
Related to cobras
Starts with K

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KRAIT

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Texas state flower
An annual pea
Also a margarine brand
“colourful”

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BLUE BONNET

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Maned antelope, such as a gemsbok
4 letters

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ORYX

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33
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Macaque that lives on & represents Gibraltar
Also lives in Morocco & Algeria

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BARBARY APE

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Fleshy part above a turkey’s neck
5 letters

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Pear relative
Pectin-rich, used in jam & jelly
Named for Cydonia, Crete
Last name of Peter in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Eaten by Lear’s Owl & Pussycat

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Maryland’s state bird
Orange & black
Icterus galbula

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BALTIMORE ORIOLE

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“Yemen” or “Queen of Sheba’s ____”, extinct since 2003

38
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Animal behaviour also called “thanatosis”

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PLAYING DEAD
PLAYING POSSUM

39
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Fermenting fungus

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(BREWER’S) YEAST

40
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Root-eating rodent named for its cheek pouches
Uses its bare tail to navigate tunnels
One torments Bill Murray in “Caddyshack”

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(POCKET) GOPHER

41
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Burrowing rodent
Nickname of Minnesota; mascot of U. of Minnesota
Also gives its name to a kind of snake (that eats it) and a tortoise

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(POCKET) GOPHER
(GOPHER STATE)
(GOLDEN GOPHERS)
(GOPHER SNAKE)
(GOPHER TORTOISE)

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Zebra subspecies with less extensive striping
Extinct since the late 1800s

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A horned rattlesnake of the American desert
Named for its strange locomotion
Also a heat-seeking air-to-air missile

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SIDEWINDER

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Cat breed named for a Caribbean capital
Hybrid of Siamese and black

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HAVANA BROWN

45
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Only dog breed that comes from Cuba
Toy breed

46
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Cat breed that can have leopard-like rosettes
Also a kind of tiger

47
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Hunting dog breed aka “Russian wolfhound”
Name means “swift” in Russian
Used in the logo of publisher Knopf

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Hound smaller than foxhound and bigger than a beagle
Also a kind of hawk and a jumpjet

49
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Vine or shrub, some climbing, with fragrant white flowers
Name from Persian, via Arabic
Symbolic of Tunisia (& the Tunisian Revolution)
Used in Chanel No. 5
Also a kind of fragrant rice and an Aladdin character

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Also called “cape jasmine”
Flower named for South Carolinian doctor Alexander

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GARDENIA
(Dr. Garden)

51
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Hardy grass
Varieties include Chewing’s & Creeping Red

52
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Austrian monk & botanist
“Father of Genetics”
Studied peas and their inherited traits around 1856
Coined “dominant/recessive”
Established “law of segregation” & “law of independent assortment”
Work went unappreciated for decades

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GREGOR MENDEL

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Daisy-like flower
Maryland’s state flower
Draped on the Preakness Stakes winner

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BLACK-EYED SUSAN

54
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Scottish draft horse named for a river valley in Lanarkshire
Leafy feathering on legs
Strong & heavy
Budweiser mascot

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CLYDESDALE

55
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Grain fungus
Source of LSD
Can cause poisoning

56
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Indian subspecies of Panthera tigris tigris

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BENGAL TIGER

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Legume family plant that “mimics” animal motion
Also the name of an unrelated type of tree

58
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British term for a German Shepherd

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Scottish-American naturalist
“Father of the National Parks”
First president of the Sierra Club (1892-1914)
Helped preserve Yosemite & Sequoia
Namesake of a CA mountain, CA woods, & AK glacier

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Dog breed named for a river valley in Yorkshire, England
Harding had one named Laddie Boy

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AIREDALE TERRIER

61
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Poa pratensis
Actually native to Eurasia
Named for a state

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KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS

62
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Toy dog breed
Name comes from a French insect, referring to its ears

63
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Yucca brevifolia
Named for biblical prophet/guide
Namesake of a National Park in California’s Mojave desert & a U2 album

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JOSHUA TREE

64
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Also called “goat nut” or “wild hazel”
Evergreen shrub of the Sonoran desert
Oil used in cosmetics & hair products

65
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Danish horse breed named for a peninsula
Mascot of Carlsberg beer

66
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Variety of sweet onion from Hawai’i
Named for an island

67
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The San Marzano is an Italian variety of this vegetable

68
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Daisy variety created by Luther Burbank
Named for a California mountain

69
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Ceratitis capitata
Pest species that attacks crops, especially citrus
Found in California in 1929
Hit California & Florida in the 1980s
Named for a sea

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MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY
MEDFLY

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Also called “Rose of Sharon”
The yellow one is Hawai’i’s state flower

71
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Tropical five-petaled flower also called frangipani
Often used for leis

72
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Small spiny-finned fish
4 letters

73
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Also called coypu or “river rat”
South American
Introduced to US for its fur, though now it’s invasive in southern wetlands

74
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South American plant from which a same-named sugar substitute is derived

75
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State bird of Hawai’i
Also called Hawai’ian Goose

76
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Dog breed
Deemed a Japanese “national monument”
Named for a prefecture in Northern Honshu
Has a plush curly tail
Hachiko was one

77
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Purple member of the nightshade family
Ingredient in baba ghanouj, moussaka, ratatouille, & (melanzane alla) parmigiana
“Melanzana” in Italian

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AUBERGINE
EGGPLANT

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Varieties include baby, savoy, & smooth-leaf
Used in spanakopita, saag, eggs Sardou, V8, oysters Rockefeller, and “Florentine” style dishes
Favourite of Popeye

79
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Herb used for its “weed” and its seed
Member of the parsley family
Used in pickles, gravlax, & (in the past) for colic

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DILL (WEED)

80
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Actually in the rhubarb family, not a grass
Sometimes called kasha (from Russian)
Used in soba, blini, & groats
Also the name of a “Little Rascal”

81
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Flowering plant genus
Also called jewelweed and touch-me-not
Named for explosive dehiscence of seeds

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Poisonous herb of parsley family
Genus Conium
Given to Socrates
Shares name with evergreen tree

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Common name for Tsuga genus due to its similar scent to a poisonous herb
Evergreen conifer
Washington’s state tree is the “western” one

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Genus of beets
Sounds like a Greek letter

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