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The biodome will cover 172,000 square feet and will be home to a number of animals, including a band of gorillas, a troop of chimpanzees, okapi giraffe-like creatures, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates.
Heart of Africa Biodome to Bring African Rainforest to the UK | Inhabitat 2010
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She spent many hours as a child wondering why the woman had such sloping shoulders and such a long giraffe-like neck.
The Person Over the Mantel Kathleen A. Hughes 2009
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Their heads are two-dimensional discs, each with a single cycloptic eye, balanced atop giraffe-like necks.
Everyday Zoology 2009
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Their heads are two-dimensional discs, each with a single cycloptic eye, balanced atop giraffe-like necks.
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Stretching out her long giraffe-like legs and constantly brushing back her lengthy, blonde locks, Coulter seemed ill at ease.
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Over the last decade, technology has given most of us giraffe-like necks to peek into what was previously cordoned off -- "other worlds" ranging from different cultures in far away countries to behind-the-scenes machinations of our very own employers.
Kirk Snyder: Obama's Victory, Gen Y, and the New Rules for Communication 2008
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You know -- make her eyes as big as saucers, elongate her neck to giraffe-like proportions, pump up her hair, lips, EVERYTHING!
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It was much taller than the tallest human; it had a short torso but a giraffe-like neck.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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Description: Long Dave Davenport, a real pitching thunderbolt with any sort of backing, worked in a flock of games, apparently without injuring his sinewy, giraffe-like figure to any marked degree.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Description: Long Dave Davenport, a real pitching thunderbolt with any sort of backing, worked in a flock of games, apparently without injuring his sinewy, giraffe-like figure to any marked degree.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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