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Having whackjobs like Simcox and the rest of his merry band of three-toothed Elmer Fudds getting all worked up over this only points out this inconsistency and hypocrisy of our border policy, including the scandalous way we treat immigrants arriving here in Florida.
May 2005 2005
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He swam near the surface, and then when my nephew was about to drive home the three-toothed spear, there was no longer a fish to be seen, but a lovely woman.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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And three-toothed prow and oars, with measured sweep,
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902
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The smaller and the three-toothed marigold (_B. cernua_ and _B. tripartita_) are very common plants of wet soil and swamps, ordinarily lacking the ray-florets, and in some countries they are very abundant and wholly constant in this respect, never forming radiate flower-heads.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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The smaller, and the three-toothed marigold occur from time to time, provided with ray florets, showing a positive variation.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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The retiarius meanwhile sprang up to him, then sprang away, making with his three-toothed fork motions so quick that the eye hardly followed them.
Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881
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There is also a horny, prominent, three-toothed portion (Fig. 161, _g_).
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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The Three-toothed Compsidea (Fig. 101), is a rather flat-bodied, dark brown beetle, with a rusty red curved line behind the eyes, two stripes on the thorax, and a three-toothed stripe on the outer edge of each wing cover.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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One of bees 'favorite flowers is the penstemon (Penstemon spp.) because of its large three-toothed base and bright purple color.
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One of bees 'favorite flowers is the penstemon (Penstemon spp.) because of its large three-toothed base and bright purple color.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Gabe Scherzer Curious Nature Vail 2010
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