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#1883 - 05/01/00 11:34 AM Animal Themes
jkleefeld Offline
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Obvious candidates in "dentigerous" are "tiger" and "gnu." Would "runt" - an unusually small animal - also qualify?


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#1884 - 05/02/00 08:15 AM Re: Animal Themes
shanks Offline
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Am assuming names capable of being read out directly from within the word, not anagrammatic ones. So I think 'tiger' certainly counts.

For today's, I presume it is 'asp'.

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