Dugong: it's like a manatee

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the British definition of 'creche'

I knew the word creche referred to a nativity model but wasn't familiar with the second (British) definition:

creche - Google Search: "crèche
kreSH/
noun 

1.
a model or tableau representing the scene of Jesus Christ's birth, displayed in homes or public places at Christmas. 

2.
BRIT.
a nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day."

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Eating Poetry by Mark Strand

Eating Poetry by Mark Strand:

Eating Poetry

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.

The librarian does not believe what she sees.
Her eyes are sad
and she walks with her hands in her dress.

The poems are gone.
The light is dim.
The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

Their eyeballs roll,
their blond legs burn like brush.
The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

She does not understand.
When I get on my knees and lick her hand,
she screams.

I am a new man,
I snarl at her and bark,
I romp with joy in the bookish dark. 

Mark Strand

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Architectonic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Architectonic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Architectonic may mean:

• the scientific study of architectural, musical, literary, or artistic structure: the architectonics of Latin prose 
• having a clearly defined structure, especially one that is artistically pleasing: the painting’s architectonic harmony. 
• pertaining to architecture, or suggesting the qualities of architecture 
• expressing architectural ideas through an integrated architectural/structural system. Also called tectonic. 
• in Kantian and Aristotelian philosophy, systematization of all knowledge (see also Kantian architectonics)"

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Of Robert Frost by Gwendolyn Brooks

Of Robert Frost by Gwendolyn Brooks:

Of Robert Frost 

There is a little lightning in his eyes.
Iron at the mouth.
His brows ride neither too far up nor down. 

He is splendid. With a place to stand. 

Some glowing in the common blood.
Some specialness within.

What a brilliant poem.

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Hegemony

From Hegemony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Hegemony (UK /hɨˈɡɛməni/, US /ˈhɛɡɨmoʊni/, US /hɨˈɡɛməni/; Greek: ἡγεμονία hēgemonía, "leadership" and "rule") is an indirect form of government, and of imperial dominance in which the hegemon (leader state) rules geopolitically subordinate states by the implied means of power, the threat of force, rather than by direct military force.^[1] In Ancient Greece (8th century BCE – 6th century CE), hegemony denoted the politico–military dominance of a city-state over other city-states.^[2]

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Epaulette

From Epaulette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

a type of ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations. In several European armies epaulettes are also worn by all ranks of elite or ceremonial units when on parade.

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vertiginous

From vertiginous - Google Search:

ver·tig·i·nousvərˈtijənəs/
adjective1. causing vertigo, esp. by being extremely high or steep.

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