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noun • a sharp protuberance • a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest • an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart • an unforeseen obstacle verb • catch on a snag • get by acting quickly and smartly • hew jaggedly | ||||||||
| 21% | 7 | Egg-laying mammal | ||||||
noun • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | ||||||||
| 21% | 8 | Laying open to public view | ||||||
noun • vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain • the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience • the disclosure of something secret • aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces • the state of being vulnerable or exposed • the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate • a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format • the act of exposing film to light • presentation to view in an open or public manner • abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) | ||||||||
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