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Undergraduate 1
07/30/2007
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a
 Definition
not; without
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ab
 Definition
off; away
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ad
 Definition
to; near
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aer, aero, aeri
 Definition
wind; mist; air
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aesht(e)
 Definition
feeling; perception; sensation
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amph, amphi
 Definition
around; about; on both sides of
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anim
 Definition
mind; feeling; life
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anno
 Definition
year
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anthro
 Definition
human being
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ante
 Definition
before
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anti
 Definition
against
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aqua
 Definition
water
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archae, arche
 Definition
ancient; primitive; beginning
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astro
 Definition
star
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aud, audit
 Definition
hear
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aut, auto
 Definition
self; directed from within
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bene
 Definition
good
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bi
 Definition
two
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bibli
 Definition
book
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bio
 Definition
life
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cap, capt
 Definition
take; seize
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cardi
 Definition
heart
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carn
 Definition
flesh
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caus
 Definition
burn
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cent
 Definition
one hundred
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chrom
 Definition
color
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chron
 Definition
time
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circum
 Definition
around
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cogni
 Definition
know
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commun
 Definition
common, general
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con
 Definition
together
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contra, counter
 Definition
against
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corp, corpor
 Definition
body
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cosm
 Definition
universe; order
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cred
 Definition
believe; trust
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culpa
 Definition
guilty
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cycl
 Definition
circle; wheel
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de
 Definition
remove; off; reverse action; away
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deci, decim
 Definition
in tens
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demo
 Definition
people
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derm
 Definition
skin
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di
 Definition
two
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dic, dict
 Definition
say
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digni
 Definition
worthy
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dis
 Definition
no; not
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doc
 Definition
teach
Term
dyn, dyna
 Definition
power, strength, force
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dys
 Definition
bad; wrong; ill
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eco
 Definition
house; household affairs (environment, habitat)
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ego
 Definition
self
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equi
 Definition
equal
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ergo
 Definition
work
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eu
 Definition
good; pleasing; happy
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ex
 Definition
out
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extra
 Definition
beyond; outside
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fer
 Definition
carry; bear
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fid
 Definition
faith
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fini
 Definition
end
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firm
 Definition
firm; strong
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fort
 Definition
strong
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gen
 Definition
kind; race
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geo
 Definition
earth
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grand
 Definition
great
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gyn; gyno
 Definition
woman; female
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grav
 Definition
heavy
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greg
 Definition
flock or heard together
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helio
 Definition
sun
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hemi
 Definition
half
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herb
 Definition
grass
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herer(o)
 Definition
different; other; unlike
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hol
 Definition
whole
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homo
 Definition
same
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hydra
 Definition
water; hydrogen
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hyper
 Definition
excessive
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hypo
 Definition
less than
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icon(o)
 Definition
image
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il
 Definition
no; not
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im
 Definition
no; not
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in
 Definition
no; not
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inter
 Definition
between
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intra, intro
 Definition
within
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ir
 Definition
no; not
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junct
 Definition
join
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jud, judict
 Definition
rule
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jur
 Definition
swear (as in take an oath)
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kine
 Definition
move; muscular activity; set in motion
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kine
 Definition
move; muscular activity; set in motion
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lat
 Definition
side
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lev
 Definition
light
Term
lingua
 Definition
tongue
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locut, loqu
 Definition
speak
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log, logo
 Definition
talk; speech; speak; word
Term
lun
 Definition
moon
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macro
 Definition
very large
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magni
 Definition
large
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mal, male
 Definition
bad
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matri, matro, matr
 Definition
mother
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maxi
 Definition
large
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medi
 Definition
middle
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micro
 Definition
small
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milli
 Definition
thousand
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mini
 Definition
very small
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mis
 Definition
incorrect(ly)
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miso
 Definition
hate
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mne
 Definition
memory, to remember
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modi
 Definition
measure
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mono
 Definition
one
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mort
 Definition
death
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multi
 Definition
many
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natal
 Definition
birth
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naut
 Definition
ship
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necro
 Definition
death
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neo
 Definition
new
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nom(en), nym
 Definition
name
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non
 Definition
not; no
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nevem, nov
 Definition
nine
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oct, octav
 Definition
eight
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olig(o)
 Definition
few, small
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omni
 Definition
all
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opti
 Definition
visible; eye
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optim
 Definition
best
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orth(o_
 Definition
rightl straight; correct; true
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pan
 Definition
all; every
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part, patri
 Definition
father
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patho, pathia
 Definition
feeling; suffering; sensation
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pax
 Definition
peace
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ped(o)
 Definition
child
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pent
 Definition
five
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peri
 Definition
around; enclosing
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phil
 Definition
love of; fondness of
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phone, phono
 Definition
sound
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photo
 Definition
light
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pod
 Definition
foot
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polis
 Definition
city, method of government
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poly
 Definition
many; much
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port
 Definition
carry
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post
 Definition
after
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pot
 Definition
power
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pre
 Definition
before
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prim
 Definition
one; first
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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psych, psycho
 Definition
mind
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pyro
 Definition
fire
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quad, quadr
 Definition
four
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quint
 Definition
five
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re
 Definition
again
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red
 Definition
back; again
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reg, rect
 Definition
rule; straighten
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rupt
 Definition
break
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sac
 Definition
sacred
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sanct
 Definition
holy
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sci
 Definition
know
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scrib
 Definition
write
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se
 Definition
apart
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semi
 Definition
partly
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sept
 Definition
seven
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sext, sex
 Definition
six
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signi
 Definition
sign
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sol
 Definition
alone
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soma
 Definition
body; mass
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soph(o)
 Definition
wise; wisdom; knowledge
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spec, spect
 Definition
look
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spir
 Definition
spirit
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struct
 Definition
build
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sub
 Definition
under
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super
 Definition
over; above
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sym, sym, sys
 Definition
together
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techn(o)
 Definition
art; skill; craft
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tele
 Definition
distant; far
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temp
 Definition
time
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tens
 Definition
stretch
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termi
 Definition
end
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terra
 Definition
earth
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termi
 Definition
end
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theo
 Definition
god; God; deity
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therap
 Definition
heal; cure; treatment
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thermo
 Definition
heat
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tox
 Definition
poison
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tract
 Definition
drag; draw
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trans
 Definition
across
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turb
 Definition
to disturb
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tri
 Definition
three
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un
 Definition
not; no
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uni
 Definition
single
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ultra
 Definition
beyond; on the far side of
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val, valeo
 Definition
to be strong; valor
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ven, vent
 Definition
come
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verb
 Definition
word
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vid, vis
 Definition
see
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viv
 Definition
live
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voc
 Definition
work
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volv
 Definition
roll
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vpr
 Definition
devour; eat
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xen(o)
 Definition
foreign; foreigner; strange
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zoo
 Definition
animal
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