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1.  European bison.

2.  'Little mousy mouse'.

3.  Eel.

4.  'Leather wing'.

5.  'Shade-tail'.

6.  Sea canary.

7.  'Horse-whale'.

8.  'The horrible one'.

9.  Fealu: from Old English.

10.  'Blind animal of the heather'.

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