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  • A man could clamber over the thick-boled trunk easily enough, but a horse could not.

    Conan the Fearless Perry, Steve 1986

  • Viewscreens showed lo%v, thick-boled trees, fionded biownish leaves; tawny undergrowth; shadowy glimpses of metal objects beneath vines and amidst tall, whipping stalks.

    The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978

  • The trees were mostly yorwar, thick-boled, with hollow upward-floating limbs and the characteristic Jovian leafage which would have reminded a man of lung tissue.

    Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • The trees were mostly yorwar, thick-boled, with hollow upward-floating limbs and the characteristic Jovian leafage which would have re'minded a man of lung tissue.

    Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • All the trees were thick-boled and slippery, he couldn't have climbed them on a one-G world.

    Deathworld Harry Harrison

  • As they strolled between the thick-boled trees, Kalrind continued, A few days ago, you said that you kept hearing about the Tholian Incident, but you didn’t know what it was.

    Timetrap David Dvorkin 1990

  • As they strolled between the thick-boled trees, Kalrind continued, A few days ago, you said that you kept hearing about the Tholian Incident, but you didn’t know what it was.

    Timetrap David Dvorkin 1990

  • As they strolled between the thick-boled trees, Kalrind continued, A few days ago, you said that you kept hearing about the Tholian Incident, but you didn’t know what it was.

    Timetrap David Dvorkin 1990

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