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Examples
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I pulled a supple cat-tail shoot and put it on a bait holder and tossed on the fish's nose.
Fish Eat Weird Stuff 2009
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I pulled a supple cat-tail shoot and put it on a bait holder and tossed on the fish's nose.
Fish Eat Weird Stuff 2009
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A second category is of species like cat-tail that can naturalize and spread locally into undisturbed native vegetation and form dense stands once they have been introduced.
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The sawgrass marshes may be the largest in the world, but with pollution by | nutrient-rich run-off especially from sugarcane farms, are being invaded by cat-tail, Typha spp.
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Some areas of prairie occur, with dominant grass species being Calamagrostis canadensis, Deschampsia caespitosa, Poa spp. and Carex spp., and the Peace-Athabasca Delta has flats with marshes of cat-tail Typha latifolia and sedges Carex rostrata, C. atheroides and C. aquatilis.
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“This must certainly be the cat-tail rush!” hastily again replied Hsiang-yün.
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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He looked down before he thought, at water among cat-tail roots, reflecting his presence, and the dark reeds; and he had seen this exact thing before, so small and ridiculous a detail, but he had dreamed it, the exact same sight; and when he had looked up, in his dream ...
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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He finished his second helping, feeding some of the meat to the cat-tail.
A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976
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Startled from sleep, the cat-tail tried to leap away.
A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976
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Gording stood relaxed, his hand covering the flesh torn by cat-tail teeth.
A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976
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