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  • Exactly what I said above about the two short-necked cartridges!

    I'm looking to get a new rifle and am torn between a 7mm rem. mag and a 300 win mag. 2009

  • Exactly what I said above about the two short-necked cartridges!

    I'm looking to get a new rifle and am torn between a 7mm rem. mag and a 300 win mag. 2009

  • The UK press has been celebrating the rediscovery of the short-necked oil beetle, Meloe brevicollis, in south Devon.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • The natural habitats of the short-necked oil beetle, Meloe brevicollis, have been affected by the spread of intensive agriculture since the Second World War.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • A short-necked, heavyset Mexican woman was behind the desk, a big smile on her face when she talked.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • A short-necked, heavyset Mexican woman was behind the desk, a big smile on her face when she talked.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • But at the same time that Tribecastan's newest album draws on instruments as diverse as the Bulgarian kaval (shepherd's flute), the Afghani rubab (short-necked lute), and Moroccan drums such as the darbuka, all in a single track "Dancing Girls," the imaginary nation's patrimony highlights profound connections with its musical subcultures.

    Modiba: Tribecastan In Manhattan Unleashes Uzbek Lutes, Pakistani Taxi Horns, And Six Foot Shepherd's Pipes 2009

  • A short-necked, heavyset Mexican woman was behind the desk, a big smile on her face when she talked.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Water rats (Hydromys chrysogaster), eastern swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), long-necked tortoise (Chelodina longicollis) and short-necked or Murray tortoise (Emydura macquarri) are found here as well.

    Naracoorte woodlands 2008

  • The small, short-necked plesiosaur near the sea floor is the pachyostotic pliosaurid Pachycostasaurus, described by Cruickshank et al. (1996).

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

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