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| Airedale |
one of a breed of large, long-legged terriers with wiry tan hair and black markings. |
| black-market |
to buy or sell on the black market. |
| black marketeer |
one who buys or sells in the black market. |
| blue jay |
a common jay bird of eastern North America. A blue jay has a crest on its head and a bright blue upper body with white and black markings on its wings and tail. |
| cecropia moth |
(sometimes cap.) a very large North American moth that has wide brown wings with crescent-shaped red and black markings. |
| dickcissel |
a sparrowlike American songbird characterized, in the male, by a yellow breast and a black mark at the throat. |
| goldfinch |
a small finch with yellow and black markings, found in North America, Europe, and Asia. |
| oryx |
any of various large antelopes of Africa and southwestern Asia that have long, straight horns and grayish coats with black markings. |
| raccoon |
a small mammal with brown and gray fur, a long tail with black rings, and a pointed face with black markings that look like a mask. Raccoons eat plants and small animals such as insects and frogs. In towns and cities, they eat garbage. Several kinds of raccoons live in North and South America and on Caribbean islands. |
| tropic bird |
a tropical seabird characterized by white plumage, black markings, and a pair of very long tail feathers. |
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