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Animals with odd names

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aye-aye
a nocturnal lemur that feeds on insects and fruit with rodentlike incisors and long fingers.
bulbul
n
a songbird often mentioned in Persian poetry, regarded as being a nightingale.
anoa
a small forest buffalo with a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns.
colocolo
a South American wild cat.
genet
an Old World carnivore with spotted sides and a ringed tail.
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goanna
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia,growing to 6 feet.
Komondor
n
one of a Hungarian breed of large dogs having a long, matted, white coat, used for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
hocco
a South American bird, related to the pheasant, that resembles a turkey.
potto
any of several African lemurs, with a short tail.
ocelot
a spotted leopardlike cat, ranging from Texas through South America.
tamarin
any South American marmoset with silky fur and a nonprehensile tail.
topi
an antelope of east-central Africa with bluish-black and yellow markings.
tahr
a wild goat with a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns.
vireo
a small, insectivorous American bird with olive-green or gray plumage above and white or yellow below.
xenopus
an African clawed frog.

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