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  • adjective That is made half of a metal and half of some other material
  • adjective physics of or relating to a half-metal

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  • Out of Australia, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann's "The Lost Thing" narrated by the brilliant satirical pianist Tim Minchin is a warm and quirky tale of a boy of his attachment to a half-octopus-like, half-metallic creature looking for a place to belong.

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