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Word: acuminatus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brazilian snake Oxybelis acuminatus mimics a liana (vine) so closely that it is but a quarter-inch in diameter though four feet long. It is thus 160 times as long as its greatest width...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Natural Camouflage | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

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