Prelims : Tiebreaker

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Zaychik is Russian for bunny

Prelim 23/27

From the submitters :

Aranea means spider and is a synonym of Araneus, a genus of orb-weaving spiders. The order name Araneae derives from Latin aranea and is a borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Prelim 21/27

From submitters :

A Moorhen is a type of bird that lives within freshwater wetlands.

Pesci is Italian for fish

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An osprey is a type of giant bird that lives nearby the sea that catches fish within the water with it’s talons and then perches somewhere high to eat it.

Leone is Italian for lion and abbachio is Italian for lamb

Prelim 16/27

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A pike is a type of fish

In Japanese, Iruka = dolphin

Prelim 12/27

Leo is Latin for lion

Devorah is Hebrew from bee and Deborah is derived from it

Prelim 4/27

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"Kumatora" is Japanese for "bear tiger"

"Inoshishi" is Japanese for "boar", the ino part of "inosuke" is a reference to that

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Tatsu literally means dragon in Old Japanese. The Yakuza refers to him as the Immortal Dragon as a play on his name.

The Phoenix "is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period" (Merriam-Webster)

Leonis is the genitive of the Latin word “leo”, meaning “of the lion” or “son of the lion”. It's also an Old German name, and the meaning of the name Leonis is "lion strength" or "brave lion". Leonis is an alternate form of Leonard (Old German). Cool fact the whole name Cor Leonis means heart of the lion.

Leo means lion in Latin

A Lynx is a type of big cat that lives within high altitude forests.