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  "thread": {
    "id": 494,
    "subject": "Names, animals, and meanings (B1)",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "1998-07-28T12:44:10+00:00",
    "last": "1998-07-28T12:44:10+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<whorl-v0008-0676@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "mary whalen",
        "address": "marewhalen at yahoo.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-07-28T12:44:10+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Names, animals, and meanings (B1)",
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          "text": "This is Sean Whalen (prion).\n\nContinuing the name list:\n\nBabirousa.  Also babirusa or babirussa.  (Babyrousa babyrussa is the\nscientific name).  Malay, from baabii (hog) and ruusa (deer).  A\nhairless porcine creature.  The male's teeth stick out beyond the lip.\n Likes to hide.  He is a member of Incus' circle of black mechanics,\nand the teeth sticking out remind us of Incus.\n\nBass.  The giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) most closely resembles\nthe bouncer at Orchid's.\n\nBellflower.  A plant with bell-shaped flowers.  Usually of the genus\nCampanula or a related genus.\n\nBetel.  The betel pepper (Piper betle) or the betel palm (Areca\ncatechu).  The nut of the palm is chewed with the leaves of the pepper\nas a stimulant by southern Asian cultures.  This may show that Maytera\nBetel was once a prostitute (compare many with drug names) and that is\nwhy she's simpathetic to Rose's pregnancy.\n\nBison.  A species in the genus Bison.  Because all of the animals used\nas names in BLS come from the Americas, this is probably the bison\n(Bison bison).  He probably has this name because bisons fight for\ncows, like he fights for Mint, though not in exactly the same way.\n\nprion"
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