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The rivers of Illinois were once rife with the orange-foot pimpleback and the cracking pearlymussel; spike and Wabash riffleshell; tubercled blossom and Higgins eye; winged mapleleaf and round hickorynut; pondhorn, pink papershell, pyramid pigtoe, paper pondshell, and purple lilliput.
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WASHINGTON (CN) - The fatmucket, heelsplitter and pimpleback are three of the nine species of Texas mussels that may receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S.
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WASHINGTON (CN) - The fatmucket, heelsplitter and pimpleback are three of the nine species of Texas mussels that may receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S.
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And the bald eagle is coming back, along with the gray wolf and the Yellowstone grizzly - though less attractive endangered species such as the glassy-eyed smelt and the orangefoot pimpleback mussel and various arachnids are still in doubt - and theater seems as alluring as ever, judging by the number of young New York waiters with large personalities.
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Gentle now black fly larva, redside dace, tree-of-heaven, orange-foot pimpleback, dragonfly larva, don’t add to heartache.
Gentle, Juliana Spahr Lemon Hound 2007
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Gentle now black fly larva, redside dace, tree-of-heaven, orange-foot pimpleback, dragonfly larva, don’t add to heartache.
Archive 2007-07-01 Lemon Hound 2007
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