40 Big gobbler : TOMĪ male turkey is called a “tom”, taking its name from a “tomcat”. We also use the abbreviated “coup” to mean “sudden, brilliant and successful act”. The Swiss-German word “putsch” is sometimes used instead of “coup”, with “Putsch” translating literally as “sudden blow”. : DEPOSEĪ coup d’état (often just “coup”) is the sudden overthrow of a government, and comes from the French for “stroke of state”. The exclamation often takes the form “Yas, queen!” 36 Bring down by coup, e.g. “Yas” is a slang term used in place of the interjection “yes!”, when it expresses pleasure and excitement. The supposed existence of the roc was promulgated by Marco Polo in the accounts that he published about his travels through Asia. The roc was said to come from the Indian subcontinent.
The mythical roc is a huge bird of prey, one reputedly able to carry off and eat elephants. 25 Flying monsters in Dungeons & Dragons : ROCS When in water, a collection of otters can be called a raft. A collection of otters is a bevy, family, lodge or perhaps a romp. Males and females are sometimes referred to as boars and sows.
Male and female otters are known as dogs and bitches, with the offspring called pups. One interesting use of the umbilicus (navel, belly button) is to differentiate between identical twins, especially when they are very young. The navel is basically the scar left behind when the umbilical cord is removed from a newborn baby. 21 Prominent focus for a navel-gazer? : OUTIE The oldest host was Betty White, at 88 in 2010. The youngest person to host “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) was Drew Barrymore, at age 7 in 1982. 20 Airer of political parodies, briefly : SNL The fruit has become very popular in recent years and its juice is a very fashionable addition to juice mixes and smoothies. 16 Source of a purple puree : ACAIĪçaí (pronounced “ass-aye-ee”) is a palm tree native to Central and South America. Traces of iron cause the blue color, and traces of chromium give the green hue. Pure beryl is colorless blue beryl is called aquamarine, and green beryl is emerald. The mineral beryl is a source of a number of different semi-precious stones, depending on the nature of the impurities present. The island is made up of two volcanoes, Wai’anae and Ko’olau, joined together by a broad valley, the O’ahu Plain. One story is that it is named after the son of the Polynesian navigator who first found the islands.
It seems that “O’ahu” is simply the name of the island. Oahu has been called “The Gathering Place”, although the word “O’ahu” has no translation in Hawaiian. 14 Island where it once rained for 331 days straight : OAHU Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪ blind carbon copy (bcc) is a copy of a document or message that is sent to someone without other recipients of the message knowing about that extra copy.
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