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June 18, 2004

Words That at First Glance Appear to be The Names of Warring Populations in Bad Science-Fiction Novels, but are Actually Strange Marsupials

by Carrie Cizauskas

Quokka
Bettong
Potoroo
Quoll
Pseudantechinus
Antechinus
Phascogale
Dunnart
Kultarr
Ningaui
Planigale
Numbat
Rufous Spiny Bandicoot

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