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resembling a beaver

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  • Its head was almost beaver-like, I thought, and much cuter than your typical rat.
  • Dr. Whipple, watching her beaver-like industry, thought: "She has a positive affinity for the land."
  • Indeed, the water-rat possesses so many beaver-like characteristics, that it was ranked near the beaver in the systematic lists.
  • Their natural, one could say beaver-like, talent for building weirs and other underwater constructions should be taken into account.
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