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Isalnd of the Blue Dolphins
section 1
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Literature
5th Grade
04/08/2013

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gulls

 

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any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
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otter

 

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any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra  and related genera, having webbed feet and a long
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ravine

 

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a ravine is a plac with a rocky top and there is a big drop its kinda like a village
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russian

 

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people from russia amd they are called russians
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leauges

 

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dolphins

 

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any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
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skimming

 

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Usually, skimmings. something that is removed by skimming
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pelts

 

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pelts is a fur from an animal that they skinned
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bale

 

 

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a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering: a bale of cotton; a bale of hay
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retreat

 

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the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
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comorants

 

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 aleuts

 

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Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
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mesa

 

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a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
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glistening

 

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to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
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carcasses

 

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they are a dead body of the animal and they are called carcasses
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dusk

 

 

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the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
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surged

 

 

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the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast.
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