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A.Word.A.Day--flewsPronunciation: WAV or RealAudioflews (flooz) plural noun The pendulous corners of the upper lip of certain dogs, such as the bloodhound. [Origin unknown.] "That lesson is implicit in these 15 essays, each stressing the value of preserving every species. (Richard) Conniff assembles a rogue's gallery of unlikely candidates for environmentalists' zeal: the sloth, grizzly, bat, bloodhound (with his slobbery flews), mouse, weasel, shark, porcupine and mole." David Walton, Essays ponder beasts whose beauty isn't obvious, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 22 Nov 1998. This week's theme: words for miscellany.
X-BonusThe whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist. -William James
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