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sable

adjective as in very dark in color

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In contrast, some parts of the tarantula feel almost like sable fur.

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The cookbook offers helpful guides to the different varieties of herring—from New Catch to schmaltz—smoked salmon and specialty fish such as sturgeon and sable and caviar.

Traditional brushes are made with animal hair from squirrels, goats or sable, a species of weasel.

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The four largest herbivores wearing GPS collars -- nyala, kudu, sable and elephant -- had no fatalities.

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One of the ferrets is described as a sable polecat ferret, and the other is a silver ferret.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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