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Skulk Wildlife Center Verb Intr Hide Evade Move

Front skulk \skulk\
Back verb intr.
1. To hide, evade, or move stealthily.

noun
1. Someone who lies in hiding, evades, or lurks.
2. A pack of foxes.

[From Middle English skulken, of Scandinavian origin.]

"Heaven's Acre Wildlife Center has a gaggle of geese, a skulk of foxes, an over-abundance of raccoons and a singular problem - it violates city zoning." - Gary Gerhardt; Wildlife Rehab Center Runs Into the Teeth of Arvada's Zoning Rules; Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado); Aug 6, 1998.

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