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Oct 2023
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#13 | Nocturnal Animals 🦉 🦇 🦊

ZACH
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Vocabulary:


Nocturnal animals are animals that sleep during the day and are active at night.


Nocturnal is an adjective that means done, occurring, or active at night.


A motif is a repeated pattern—an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again within a particular story.


A night owl is a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night.


Vertebrae are the small circular bones that form the spine of a human being or animal.


Nature refers to the innate or essential qualities or character of a person or animal.



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