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  • Even the meat being notably sweet was consistent with Dr. Ogden's comparison of the grendel's physiology to that of the Arctic wood frog.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • The grendel's lips snarled back It might die, but it would take him with it.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • His scientists had isolated a substance from the deep glands of the grendel's skin, a hormone that controlled the ability to send the beasts into suspended animation.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • The view zoomed in on the grendel's big blunt head.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • The first bullet tore into the grendel's throat, carrying enough shock to drive it sideways, off line, so that he wouldn't be bowled over by its charge.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • We won't get them from further down -- that's another grendel's territory, and there is plenty of food.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • The grendel's eyes locked with them, as if uncertain of Robor's distance.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • The sinuses were large: a grendel's head was half-hollow.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • It was an oxygenating agent rivaling rocket fuel in potency, a chemical secreted in sacs in the grendel's back.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • She had wondered if there was a symbiote that would open a grendel's mind ... but it would be too small to see.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

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