| chachalaca | (noun) slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds | - |
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| coelacanth | (noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa | Synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae |
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| implacable | (adjective) incapable of being placated | - |
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| placable | (adjective) easily calmed or pacified | - |
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| placard | (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, poster, posting |
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| (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
| (verb) post in a public place | - |
| placate | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify |
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| placating | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placative, placatory |
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| placatingly | (adverb) in a placating manner | - |
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| placation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: conciliation, propitiation |
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| placative | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placating, placatory |
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| placatory | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placating, placative |
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| portulaca | (noun) a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers | - |
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