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TRANUS - euphemism for the planet Uranus
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TRALUS a small fence for vines to grow upon.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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CHIMERA
PRONUNCIATION: (ki-MEER-uh, ky-)
MEANING: noun:
1. A fanciful fabrication; illusion.
2. An organism having genetically different tissues.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Chimera, a fire-breathing female monster in Greek mythology who had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. From Greek khimaira (she-goat), ultimately from the Indo-European root ghei- (winter), which is the ancestor of words such as chimera (literally a female animal that is one winter, or one year old), hibernate, and the Himalayas, from Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode). Earliest documented use: 1382.
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CHIMPERA - the Ape Age
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 Nice, wolf. CHIMER - He who is in step with everyone else
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AEGIS
PRONUNCIATION:
(EE-jis)
MEANING:
noun: Protection, support, guidance, or sponsorship of a particular person or organization.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aegis, from Greek aigis (goatskin), from aix (goat). Aigis was the name of the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena in Greek mythology. It was made of goatskin. Earliest documented use: 1704.
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ACEGIS - Fantastic Footsoldiers
ALEGIS - drunk footsldiers
AREGIS - the King is gone, and there is no successor to the throne
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aegis
PRONUNCIATION:(EE-jis)
MEANING:
noun: Protection, support, guidance, or sponsorship of a particular person or organization.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aegis, from Greek aigis (goatskin), from aix (goat). Aigis was the name of the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena in Greek mythology. It was made of goatskin. Earliest documented use: 1704.
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AEGGS - "a" single egg with plural yolks "s"
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CHEVRON
PRONUNCIATION:
(SHEV-ruhn, -ron)
MEANING:
noun: A pattern in the shape of a V or an inverted V.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French chevron (rafter, from the resemblance of the pattern to the shape of two rafters on a roof), from Latin caper (goat). The goat connection is not clear. Earliest documented use: 1395.
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CLEVRON - the fundamental, irreducible unit of cleverness
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CHEVROD - the slowest rod on the drag strip
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Mmm. Clever, that one ! 
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CHEVROD – 2. A 1,049-mile auto race from Anchorage to Nome.
CHEVLON – A company that produces tools and supplies for auto body work.
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