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blastie

noun

Definition of blastie

Scottish

as in animal

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Noun

In the past, the animals have contracted Covid-19 and spread it to humans.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 11 Nov. 2026
Under the law, animal abandonment without proper care, food, water, or shelter is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a $5,000 fine.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of animal

Noun

Greg and Denise are having some marital issues, but everybody needs to put other concerns aside to stay alive with nasty raptors and other hungry beasties around.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
And when that happens, astronomers will set about studying these new beasties with other eyes on the sky to learn more about them and hopefully understand them.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of beastie

Noun

As temperatures drop in fall, outdoor creatures like mice are frequently drawn towards the warmth and comfort of our homes.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
The Magic 9, the successor to the Magic 8 Pro, looks like a triple-eyed, moss-green robo-creature designed to blend in with an overgrown, post-apocalyptic wasteland.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of creature

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With the right rifle, a 25 Creedmoor shooter has the ultimate combo rig for deer, varmints, and long-range target shooting.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
No air-conditioning, no insulation, its charm blunted by DIY additions, discount drywall, generations of putty and steel wool stuffed into varmint tunnels.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

Definition of varmint

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These fruit bats are legally considered vermin in Madagascar, and are often associated with eating commercially important fruits.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
Funky smells and active vermin were among the reasons seven Miami-Dade and Broward restaurants found themselves on this week’s Sick and Shut Down List of restaurants failing state inspection.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of vermin

Noun

Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.

— Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
The show’s depiction of Hugh as a family man has been much more sympathetic than the book’s description of him as a power-hungry brute.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of brute

Noun

Unlike conventional quadruped robots that rely entirely on legs, the Lynx combines wheels and articulated legs to provide different forms of mobility depending on the terrain.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Other initial products include a specialized quadruped for security applications and a humanoid robot platform for educators and researchers.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of quadruped

Noun

With fall in full swing in the South, outdoor critters are inevitably trying to find their way into our homes.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2026
That hog tore up more fences, broke more gates, broke the backs of more female hogs and was chased by more hunters than any critter there has ever been in this country.

— Jack Wingate as told to John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of critter

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