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aye-aye |
a nocturnal lemur found in Madagascar that has shaggy dark brown fur, a long bushy tail, large ears, long clawlike fingers, and strong rodentlike teeth. |
beetle-browed |
having eyebrows that are bushy or joined together. [1/2 definitions] |
bufflehead |
a small North American duck that has black and white feathers and a bushy head. |
chickpea |
a leguminous, bushy plant of central Asia and the Mediterranean region. [1/2 definitions] |
chipmunk |
a small brown animal similar to a squirrel, having a striped back and a flat, bushy tail. Chipmunks eat nuts, seeds, berries, and insects. They make underground burrows for sleeping and for storing food. Chipmunks live in North America and Asia. |
coyote |
a North American mammal that is closely related to dogs, foxes, and wolves. Coyotes have a pointed nose and ears and a bushy tail. They hunt small animals, and they also sometimes eat plants. |
fox |
a wild mammal that has a pointed nose, pointed ears, and a bushy tail. Foxes are closely related to coyotes, dogs, and wolves. Foxes hunt insects, birds, and other small animals but will sometimes eat plants, especially fruit. [1/3 definitions] |
langur |
any of several slender, long-tailed Asian monkeys that have a chin tuft and bushy eyebrows. |
lesser panda |
a small reddish brown carnivore related to the raccoon that has a long, bushy, ringed tail and that is native to the Himalayas. |
mink |
a small mammal with dark brown fur, a long body, short legs, and a bushy tail. Mink live near water, where they hunt water animals. One kind of mink lives in Europe and Asia; another kind lives in North America. Mink are closely related to polecats, ferrets, and other weasels. [1/2 definitions] |
moth |
an insect that has broad wings and flies mostly at night. Moths look like butterflies, but they usually have thicker bodies and bushy antennae and are less colorful. [1/2 definitions] |
pack rat |
a large, bushy-tailed, North American rodent known to gather and hide small objects in its nest. [1/2 definitions] |
panda |
a mammal that has red-brown fur and a long, bushy tail with rings on it. They are closely related to giant pandas, but are smaller and look more like a raccoon. They are also called red pandas or lesser pandas, and they live in southern Asia. [1/2 definitions] |
phalanger |
any of various small, herbivorous, tree-dwelling marsupials of Australia that have foxlike ears, dense woolly fur, and a long bushy tail. |
sagebrush |
a bushy plant with silver leaves that have a pleasant smell. It has white or yellow flowers and grows in the dry plains of the western United States. |
sallow2 |
any of a number of European willows, esp. a bushy tree or shrub that is used to make charcoal. |
Samoyed |
one of a Russian breed of dog that had a thick white or cream-colored coat, a bushy tail, and erect ears, used to pull sleds and herd reindeer. [1/3 definitions] |
skunk |
a small mammal with black and white fur and a bushy tail. Skunks defend themselves with a spray that smells very bad. They are active at night, when they hunt rodents, insects, and eggs. Several kinds of skunks live in North and South America. They are related to badgers, otters, and other kinds of weasels. [1/2 definitions] |
squirrel |
a small rodent that is active during the day. There are many kinds of squirrels found all around the world. The word "squirrel" is often used to refer to tree squirrels, small rodents with long, bushy tails. Tree squirrels have gray, red brown, or black fur. |
weasel |
any of various carnivorous, slender-bodied mammals, related to minks and polecats, with brownish fur, short legs, and a long bushy tail. [1/4 definitions] |
wolf |
a wild mammal that has a pointed nose, pointed ears, and a bushy tail. Wolves are closely related to coyotes, dogs, and foxes. They usually eat birds and other small animals, but they also hunt in packs for larger animals such as deer. Wolves used to be common in Europe, Asia, and North America, but are now extinct or endangered in most areas. [1/2 definitions] |
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