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  2. List of tautonyms - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in cumin, Cuminum cyminum).

  3. Finnish forest reindeer - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus (Finnish: metsäpeura, Russian: лесной северный олень), also known as Eurasian or European forest reindeer [1] is a rare subspecies of the reindeer native to Finland and northwestern Russia.

  4. List of birds by common name - Wikipedia

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    Abbott's babbler; Abbott's booby; Abbott's starling; Abd al-Kuri sparrow; Abdim's stork; Aberdare cisticola; Aberrant bush warbler; Abert's towhee; Abyssinian catbird

  5. List of mammals of Europe - Wikipedia

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    The Eurasian lynx. Asiatic cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus venaticus CR (A. jubatus: EN) Swamp cat, Felis chaus NA (Cis-Caspian region) [7] African wildcat, Felis lybica [3] [8] LC (France, Italy, Greece) European wildcat, Felis silvestris LC; Pallas's cat, Otocolobus manul [9] LC (eastern Caucasus, possibly extirpated) Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx LC

  6. List of mammals of North America - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of North American mammals.It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants.

  7. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  8. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  9. Mountain reindeer - Wikipedia

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    The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), the biggest threat to juvenile reindeer Because the mountain reindeer is so large, it has very few natural predators aside from human hunters. However, lynx and wolverines sometimes prey on young, old or sick reindeer.