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  • Khleevi - name given by Acorna's people to the spaceborne enemies who have attacked them without mercy. kii-a Linyaari time measurement roughly equivalent to an hour of Standard Time. ki-lin - Oriental term for unicorn, also a name sometimes associated with Acorna.

    Acorna's Rebels McCaffrey, Anne 2003

  • Though the ki-lin still existed as a separate race, many of them had blended genes with the Ancestral Friends, and the result of that fusion was the Linyaari people.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • They were a legacy from their Ancestors, the ki-lin of long ago Terra, often called unicorns.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • An ancient spacefaring race the Linyaari knew only as the Ancestral Friends had saved the ki-lin from primitive and brutal humans who were hunting them to extinction on Terra, and brought them through the cosmos to Vhiliinyar, where they had thrived once again.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • Though the ki-lin still existed as a separate race, many of them had blended genes with the Ancestral Friends, and the result of that fusion was the Linyaari people.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • An ancient spacefaring race the Linyaari knew only as the Ancestral Friends had saved the ki-lin from primitive and brutal humans who were hunting them to extinction on Terra, and brought them through the cosmos to Vhiliinyar, where they had thrived once again.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • They were a legacy from their Ancestors, the ki-lin of long ago Terra, often called unicorns.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • The ki-lin of legend were supposed to be fleet of foot.

    Acorna's People McCaffrey, Anne 1998

  • Also known as} {\i\fs29\insrsid2043268\charrsid2043268 ki-lin} {

    Massage 2010

  • _ki-lin_ of China, being half ox, half deer, and having but a single horn in the centre of the head.

    Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

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