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noun

• small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers

• type genus of the Prunellidae

35%9Somehow wetting the foot tops
adjective satellite

• coming only to the ankle or knee

35%10 Believed to be a giant ground sloth that somehow survived extinction
noun

• supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest

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