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To: From many - one.
Mammal hybrids. Has links at the end to more.
462 posted on 02/08/2005 11:50:16 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic

Thanks, nice collection.


486 posted on 02/08/2005 12:21:51 PM PST by From many - one. (formerly e p1uribus unum)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
HIPPOGRIFF, n.
An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.

From Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary

515 posted on 02/08/2005 1:21:44 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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