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Can you guess the name of the living thing from the clue?
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Clue
Organism's name ending in S
A
Seabird which has the longest wing span of any bird
Albatross
B
Fish with a musical name
Bass
C
European goat-antelope with a French name, whose leather was traditionally used for making water-absorbent cloths
Chamois
D
More familiar name for the spidery cranefly
Daddy longlegs
E
You wouldn't want to go into the stomach of this grand eight-tentacled sea creature
Enteroctopus magnificus
F
A relative of the above, this miniature cephalopod has a patterned edge reminiscent of fancy curtains or knickers
Frilled pygmy octopus
G
Huge, tentacled cephalopod of the great ocean
Giant Pacific octopus
H
The next-heaviest land animal after elephants and white rhinos
Hippopotamus
I
Large wading bird with a curved beak
Ibis
J
Indonesian species of large, horned mammal
Javan rhinoceros
K
Royal monkey species with a name similar to an Italian explorer
King colobus
L
Species of musical-sounding fish with a big gape
Largemouth bass
M
Insect known for both preying and praying
Mantis
N
Marine mollusc which has been around for hundreds of millions of years and is not closely related to any other animal
Nautilus
O
Ink-squirting, colour-changing marine invertebrate
Octopus
P
Unusual Australian monotreme with a duck's bill
Platypus
Q
Latin name for the oak tree genus, which the word "cork" is also derived from
Quercus
R
Fish species name which could also be a description of 4-string heavy metal playing
Rock bass
S
Butterfly often seen in the hills of Scotland, bearing the name of a 100-eyed Greek giant
Scotch argus
T
Species of seabird A from a small British Atlantic island
Tristan albatross
U
Scientific name of the sea-loving polar bear
Ursus maritimus
V
One more eight-tentacled sea beast, with a section reminiscent of a bridal garment
Veiled octopus
W
Two-tusked sea mammal of the Arctic
Walrus
X
Dinosaur similar to a familiar three-horned one, with a prefix meaning "strange" or "foreign"
Xenoceratops
Y
Wading bird with two sun-coloured sections connecting its feet to its body
Yellowlegs
Z
Elegant flowering plant similar to a dahlia or marigold
Zinnia elegans
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