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  2. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...

  3. Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    In Roger Zelazny's science-fantasy series The Chronicles of Amber, protagonist Corwyn experiences drinking and revelry in an underground lair with otherworldly people who try to entice him into slumber; he knows this is a centuries-of-sleep trap and resists; the passage is similar in theme to both "Rip Van Winkle" and especially the Orkney story.

  4. Goblin Market - Wikipedia

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    The poem uses an irregular rhyme scheme, often using couplets or ABAB rhymes, but also repeating some rhymes many times in succession, or allowing long gaps between a word and its partner. The metre is also irregular, typically (though not always) keeping three or four stresses, in varying feet , per line.

  5. Bioluminescence - Wikipedia

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    The glowing esca is dangled or waved about to lure small animals to within striking distance of the fish. [ 34 ] [ 65 ] The cookiecutter shark uses bioluminescence to camouflage its underside by counter-illumination, but a small patch near its pectoral fins remains dark, appearing as a small fish to large predatory fish like tuna and mackerel ...

  6. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever - Wikipedia

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    Tollers are named for their ability to entice or lure waterfowl within gunshot range, which is called "tolling". [4] The hunter stays hidden in a blind and sends the dog out to romp and play near the water, usually by tossing a ball or stick to be retrieved. The dog's appearance is similar to that of a fox.

  7. Lure - Wikipedia

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  8. Caudal luring - Wikipedia

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    An immobile tail does not attract prey, confirming that it is the moving lure that tricks and attracts prey. [11] Caudal luring behavior is only elicited when prey are nearby. [11] Due to the tail resembling a writhing caterpillar and another worm-like insect larvae, the tail of the snake is often referred to as a vermiform. [2]

  9. Lur - Wikipedia

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    A lur, also lure or lurr, is a long natural blowing horn without finger holes that is played with a brass-type embouchure. Lurs can be straight or curved in various shapes. The purpose of the curves was to make long instruments easier to carry (e.g. for marching, like the modern sousaphone) and to avoid directing the loud noise at nearby people.