Thread: Silliness Quiz
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Old 09-16-2011, 06:14 AM   #3948
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
The cryptic clue one must be 'sinecure', I think - 'sine' is a mathematical function, 'cure' is healing.
Exactly right!

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The puffinus puffinus one I don't know exactly except that it must be a shearwater of some kind.
It is indeed a shearwater - a Manx shearwater to be precise.

All yours, Bilbo.
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