Thylacine

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Thylacine

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Con sói chó

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Bear (v)

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Bear | bore| born(e)

To have or continue to have something
bear a resemblance to

Ex: the thylacine bore a superficial resemblance to a dog

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Superficial (a)

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Appearing to be real until you look at it more carefully
*superficial differences/similarities *
Ex: there are superficial similarities between the two cars but really they’re very different in term of performance

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Resemblance (n)

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The fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way

Ex: there are a clear resemblance between all the brothers

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Terrain (n)

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An area of land when considering its natural features
Ex: the thylacine appeared to occupy most types of terrain except dense rainforest

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Dense (a)

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= thick

Dense fog

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Eucalyptus (n)

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Cây bạch đàn

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Carnivorous (a)

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Relating to person, animal, or other living thing that eats meat

Ex: My cousin gave up her carnivorous diet several years ago

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Distend (v)

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A fresh stomach to swell and become large, especially because of pressures from inside

Ex: thylacine’s stomach was muscular with ability to distend so that it could eat large amounts of food at one time

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compensate (v)

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To pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lots of damage

Ex: the thylacine could eat large amount of food at one time to compensate for long periods when hunting was unsuccessful.

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Retreat (v)

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To go away from a place or person, in order to escape from fighting

Ex: they tended to retreat to the hills for shelter during the evening

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Emerge (v)

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= appear
To appear by coming out of something
Ex: they emerged to hunt during the evening

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Nocturnal (a)

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Be active or happening at night rather than during the day

Ex: most bat are nocturnal

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Diurnal (a)

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Be active or happening during the day rather than at night

Ex: diurnal activities

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Sighted (a)

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Able to see
Ex; it was sighted moving during the day

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Bask (v)

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To lie or sit enjoying the warmth, especially of the sun

Ex: some individuals were even recorded basking in the sun

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crawl (v)

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To move along on hands and knees

Ex: the child crawled across the floor

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Teat (n)

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Núm vú

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Lair (n)

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A place where a wild animal lives often underground and hidden
Ex: the young stayed in Lair, such a deep to rock cave

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Hallow (a)

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Having a hole or empty space inside
Ex: hollow log

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Carbon-dated fossil

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Kỳ than đá

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Predator (n)

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An animal that hunts and kill and eat other animals

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Pouch (n)

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A bag formed from skin in the mouth of sone animal

Ex: kangaroos carry their young in pouch

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Relentless (a)

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Continuing in a determined mind way without any interruptions
Ex:  the dramatic decline of the thylacine is generally attributed to the relentless efforts

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distemper-like disease

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Bệnh sai sót trên chó

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Foresee (v)

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To know about something before it happens
Ex: I don’t foresee any difficulties so long as we keep with the subjects

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Demise (n)

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The death of a person

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Extermination (n)

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The act of killing all animals, or of people in a particular place, or of a particular type
ex: international measures have been taken to prevent the exterminations of the whale

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Sway (v)

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Control or influence

Ex: her parents no longer seem to have much sway over her

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Notable (a)

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Important and deserving attention
Ex: a notable collections of a rare plants

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Captive (a)

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Of a person or animal, having limited ability to move or act freely, because of being kept in a space
Ex: if it is successful captive breeding, restore the population to 200 in seven years

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Specimen (n)

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Something showed or examined as an example a typical example

Ex: the last shown thylacine was shot by a farmer living just captive specimen

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Expedition

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An organized journey for a particular purpose
Ex: there have been numerous expedition for thylacine over the years