plastic

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After these animals die, the plastic is the only part that is left behind where it kills again.

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  1. adjective Capable of being shaped or formed: plastic material such as clay. See Synonyms at malleable.
  2. adjective Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling: the plastic art of sculpture.
  3. adjective Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed: "the astonishing plastic beauty of the chorus girls” (Frank Harris).
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  1. Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos, from plastos, molded, from plassein, to mold; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French plastique = Spanish plástico = Portuguese Italian plastico (cf. D. G. plastisch = Swedish Dan.plastisk), from Latin plasticus, from Greek πλαστικός of or belonging to molding or modeling, from πλαστός, verbal adjective of πλάσσ, σ1ειν, mold or form in clay, wax, etc. Cf. plaster.
 

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