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SCAMELL
Scam"ell, or; Scam"mel, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare ["Tempest," ii. 2] is not known.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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