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Word: crotaphytus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1969-1969
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Representative Lee Gate, champion of Crotaphytus collaris, introduced a prime boomer in a box to the assembly. The box fell. The lizard leaped. A fleet-footed fellow, he accomplished several laps around the chamber floor before being collared. Despite impressive arguments by a state senator who favored the horned toad, Crotaphytus collaris will share honors with mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens), the state flower; the redbud (Cercis canadensis), the state tree; and the scissor-tailed flycatcher (Muscivora forficatd), the state's official bird. State officials of Alabama, which has long been nicknamed the Lizard State, refrained from comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oklahoma: The Sooner Boomer | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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