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I was just thinking, Amanda, that you might also be interested in a book by Nicholas Christopher, The Bestiary, which is fictional book about the search for an ancient illuminated manuscript (the real-life Caravan Bestiary) that describes animals left off Noah's Ark (including the Catoblepas, a white bird with divining powers) and was assumed lost many years ago.
Blast from the Past: Loaded Questions with Brenda Rickman Vantrease, author of "The Illuminator" 2008
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The D&D page also lets us know how to pluralize Catoblepas- so if you ever see many of them, you can scream, "Help, there are CATOBLEPI round these parts!"
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I vote for Catoblepas being like Moose or do we just defer to the monarch's usage?
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Those of you into Dungeons and Dragons may already be familiar with the Catoblepas, where it is categorized as an Abberation.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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The D&D page also lets us know how to pluralize Catoblepas- so if you ever see many of them, you can scream, "Help, there are CATOBLEPI round these parts!"
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Those of you into Dungeons and Dragons may already be familiar with the Catoblepas, where it is categorized as an Abberation.
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The third species (_Catoblepas taurina_) is the "ko-koon" of the natives.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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The "brindled gnoo" (_Catoblepas gorgon_) is the other species that inhabits the South of Africa.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Jan had correctly given many of the characteristic points of that, perhaps, the most singular of all ruminant animals, the wildebeest or gnoo (_Catoblepas gnoo_).
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Jan had correctly given many of the characteristic points of that, perhaps, the most singular of all ruminant animals, the wildebeest or gnoo (_Catoblepas gnoo_).
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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