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It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
What is sacred, holy, female, and noisy?
Known as a great deceiver, It is evil's incarnation, Once used for veneration, The root of all procreation. All you can do is shiver, When it begins to slither.
A pony trots his way through the world on these.
I'm not a pet with long floppy ears I just share their name when a ship disappears. What am I?
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?