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the Tartars
to look back; to look at; to look after
bright, luminous; white, hoary
to frown; to knit the brows
whirlwind (1)
mule
an excellent horse
suddenly, quickly, abruptly
to spur a horse on; to expel, to drive away
substance, essence; bone marrow
carp
huge fish; widower; bachelor
silver carp, hypophthalmiathys
fin
Reeves' shad; hilsa herring
snakehead
sturgeon
oriole
a kind of pigeon; treron permagna
crane; Grus species (various)
wagtail
phoenix; fabulous mythical bird
owl
oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various)
chicken
a kind of bird
grebe, duck
sparrow hawk; Circus species (various)
musk deer
black; dark; sullen, dreary
drum carried on horseback
shrew
to bare one's teeth; crooked teeth
gift, present; offering
gums
to bite, to gnaw; to erode, to wear down