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etymos

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true sense

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logos

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word

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taxo

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arrange

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nomos

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knowledge/science of

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nomen

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name

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clados

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branch

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phylon

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tribe/race

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gen

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to create

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gramm

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mark/line

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syn

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together

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apo

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away from

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morph

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form

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plesio

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near

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auto

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self

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homo

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same

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mono

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1

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poly

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many

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para

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beside/almost

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fossilis

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dug up

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ichnos

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track/trail

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petra/petro

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rock

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stratum

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layer

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graph

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write/record

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stroma

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sheet

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lith

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rock

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an

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not

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pan

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everywhere

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sperm

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seed

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pro

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first/before

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karyon

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kernel (nucleus)

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eu

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true

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phage

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eat

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lys

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release/loosen

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flagellum

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whip

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meta

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change

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ana

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up

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cata

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down

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photo

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light

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auto

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self

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troph

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eat

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hetero

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different

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arch

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ancient/original

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phil

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love/prefer/attracted to

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gen

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to generate

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halo

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salt (ionic crystalline compound)

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therm

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heat

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rhizos

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root

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bio/bios

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life

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zygo

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twinned

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diplo

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double/two-fold

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pseudo

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false

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pod

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foot

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cyto

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cell

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chlor

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green

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virid

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green

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hepato

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liver

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phyt

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plant

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ceros

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horn

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bryo

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moss

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phyll

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leaf

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angio

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container, vessel

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pter

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wing

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gymnos

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naked

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fer/phor

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to bear

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anthos

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flower

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opistho

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posterior

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myc

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fungi

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coen

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communal

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chytridion

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flower pot

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zygo

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joined/yoked/twinned

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glom

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ball of thread

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arb

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tree

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ascus

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sac

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carp

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fruit

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conidio

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dust

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gon

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generator

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basidium

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pedestal

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a/an

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without

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necros

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dead

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hyper

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beyond

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cutis

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skin

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derm

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skin

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meta

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later

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zoo

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animal

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iso

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same

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gaster/gastro

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stomach

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coel

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cavity/hollow

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stoma

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mouth

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deutero

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second

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schiz

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split

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entero

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gut

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ectdysis

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moulting

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loph

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crest

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choano

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collar

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plac

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round/plate

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por

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pore

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hyl

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stuff

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ab

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away from

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cnid

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nettle

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scyph

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cup

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cten

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comb

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collo

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glue

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platy

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flat

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helminth

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worm

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brach

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arm

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proct

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anus

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annulus

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ring

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chaeta

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bristle

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oligo

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few

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hirudo

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leech

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moll

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soft

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valv

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door

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exo

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outside

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epi

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upon

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scler

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hard

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onych

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claw

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ovi

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egg

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pareo

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to give birth

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viv

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alive

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grad

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stepping

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tardi

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slowly

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nemato

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thread

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arthros

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joint

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crust

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crunchy

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ento

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in

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gnath

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jaw

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hemi

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partial

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holo

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entire, complete

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myria

A

a great many

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cheilos

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lip

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chel

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claw

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ceros

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horn

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xiphos

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sword

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uros

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tail

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penta

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5

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ossa/osteo

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bone

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echino

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spiny

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aster

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star

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noto

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back

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chord

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cord

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paedo

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child

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cranium

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skull

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myxo

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slime

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myzo

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sucker

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chondro

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cartilage

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icthys

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fish

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cloaca

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sewer

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actin

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ray

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pneu

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air/breath

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tetra

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4

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amphi

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both

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apsis

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arch

153
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test

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shell/armour

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lepido

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scale

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saur

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lizard

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squam

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scaly

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deino

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terror

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ther

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beast

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mamma

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breast

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trema

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hole

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marsupium

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pouch

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xenos

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strange

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