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Wise Ones Proverbially

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noun

• nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

35%13Proverbially
adverb

• in an idiomatic manner

35%7Proverbially industrious creature
noun

• social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

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