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He is not the skinniest of felines.
What has four paws nine lives And are lazy
It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.
Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.
I have a tail. I can fly. I'm covered in colorful feathers. I can whistle and I can talk
I hold two meanings. With one I may be broken, with the other I hold on. What am I?