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From an essay about the gigolos of Waikiki Beach: One of these fellows--I always called him the "Hoomalimali (tease them along) Kid"-
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EVOLUTIONARY RATES Bradytely, Horotely, Tachytely
Different Rates of evolutionary change are observed: "Normal" Rates = Horotely. Fast = Tachytely. Slow = Bradytely
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Hortulan plum (Prunus hortulana)
Grows on road cuts and low woodlands. Found in extreme SE Iowa.
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A word we have all heard. Etymolgy I did not know. hoyden n. 5Early ModE, a rude fellow < ? Du heiden, akin to OE h+then, HEATHEN6 a bold, boisterous girl; tomboy adj. bold and boisterous; tomboyish hoy4den[ish adj.
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huaco (nm) (And Hist) ancient Peruvian pottery artefact.
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So the heathen is the sheathen or the heathen is the herthen, but a heathen wasn't a he-athen. And the hoyden wasn't a boyden, but a girlden.
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huarache (nm) (sandalia: Méx) sandal, light shoe.
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Question: What is the offspring of a male guanaco and female llama called? Answer: Llamo-guanaco.
Reference: South American Camelids and Their Crosses, P. Walter Bravo-DVM, Llamas, V5N8, Nov/Dec 1991, p. 97-100
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From an essay about the gigolos of Waikiki Beach: One of these fellows--I always called him the "Hoomalimali (tease them along) Kid"-You mean, as in: "Get a load of the hoomalimali on that guy!"
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