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any of the four-legged animals; a beast.
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any of several wild animals.
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any of a group of swift, bovid ruminants usu. living in wild herds in Indian forests; an antelope.
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the small, hornless deer Moschus moschiferus, the male of which secretes musk and has tusk-like upper canines; a musk-deer.
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a substance with a strong, penetrating odour, obtained from this animal; musk.
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a variety of elephants, that has certain spots.
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(collectively) the spots on the disc of the moon, supposed to resemble an antelope.
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an act of searching; scrutiny, inquiry or examination in an attempt to find something; a search.
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any wild animal (including birds) such as are hunted; game.
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the act or an instance of begging, beseeching.
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Mārgaśira, the ninth month in the HIndu lunar calendar (November-December).
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a kind of a plant.
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name of a star in the equatorial constellation orion; Lambda Orion.
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(astron.) a southern constellation between Aquarius and Sagittarius; Capricornus.
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(astrol.) the tenth sign of the zodiac; the Capricorn.