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Bizarre words beginning with B part 3

braccate ['brækeɪt]. An animal with feathered legs or feet. There are many braccate birds (e.g. black grouse [Birkhuhn] and ptarmigan [Alpenschneehuhn]), but if you look at some of the basilisks in Basel you can see that some of them are also braccate.

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