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| kinkajou |
a nocturnal, tree-dwelling animal of Central and South America that has a long, prehensile tail and brown fur. |
| lake dwelling |
a dwelling, esp. in prehistoric times, built on wooden piles in a shallow part of a lake or marsh. |
| lemur |
any of several small, tree-dwelling, nocturnal mammals that have large, round eyes, a foxlike face, and a long, furry tail, and that are native to Madagascar and nearby islands. |
| lodging |
a place to live in, esp. temporarily; dwelling. [1/2 definitions] |
| log cabin |
a small, simple, typically one-storied dwelling made from logs. |
| long house |
a long wooden dwelling shared by many families, esp. of the Iroquois or other North American Indian tribes. |
| lowly |
humble in nature, as a dwelling. [1/4 definitions] |
| millipede |
a land-dwelling arthropod that has a hard-shelled, wormlike body in many segments that each have two pairs of legs. |
| mud hut |
a simple dwelling made of mud. |
| nurse |
to keep alive or active by dwelling upon. [1/11 definitions] |
| Olympus |
Mount Olympus, a mountain in northern Greece, believed in ancient times to be the dwelling place of the gods. |
| orangutan |
a large, tree-dwelling ape of Borneo and Sumatra that has long arms and long, reddish brown hair. |
| palm crab |
a large land-dwelling crab of the South Pacific that feeds on coconuts. |
| penthouse |
an apartment or other dwelling situated on the top floor or roof of a usu. tall building. [1/3 definitions] |
| phalanger |
any of various small, herbivorous, tree-dwelling marsupials of Australia that have foxlike ears, dense woolly fur, and a long bushy tail. |
| pied-à-terre |
(French) an apartment or other dwelling kept permanently but used only occasionally as needed. |
| pocket mouse |
any of various small, nocturnal desert-dwelling North American rodents that have fur-lined cheek pouches. |
| polliwog |
a frog or toad larva in its water-dwelling stage, when it has a tail and gills; tadpole. |
| quail1 |
any of a number of ground-dwelling birds related to the chicken and often hunted for sport and food. |
| residence |
a house or any other place where one lives; dwelling. [1/3 definitions] |
| resident |
dwelling in a particular place. [1/6 definitions] |
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