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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 32% | 8 | Closely related to the rice rat and hispid cotton rat | |
3 | 30% | 14 | The black rat snake is a subspecies of the rat snake. | |
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We think the answer is "SMELLS" which means:
- noun
- • The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- • Any property detected by the olfactory system
- • The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- • The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
- • The act of perceiving the odor of something verb
- • Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
- • Emit an odor
- • Smell bad
- • Have an element suggestive (of something)
- • Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
An example sentence would be:
- • "She smells the flowers in the garden."
- • "He smells the food before tasting it."
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New York Times23 May 2000 | Down 49 | |
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