as in monkeys
an appealingly mischievous person
the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols
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Noun
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Old world monkeys and humans harbor a natural antibody to a carbohydrate found on all the cells of pigs and other animals below primates on the evolutionary ladder.—
Joshua Mezrich,
STAT,
9 June 2026 -
Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Tasmanian devils — agile, mostly nocturnal animals that can roam for 10 miles in a single night — have been extinct on the Australian mainland for more than 3,000 years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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“Hellions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellions. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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