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verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) • escape, either physically or mentally • practice evasion • use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid | ||||||||
25% | 6 | Clutches can contain 2-7 eggs | ||||||
noun • nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry | ||||||||
25% | 10 | Females lay clutches of eggs in rotting logs or termite mounds | ||||||
noun • a genus of Colubridae containing the indigo snakes (Drymarchon) | ||||||||
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