X is for Xanadu

A list of the words appearing in this poster *

alexander the great (macedonian king (356 bce - 323 bce)), alexandrite (mineral / gemstone), axe, axolotl (mexican amphibian), beeswax (honeycomb), black onyx (mineral / gemstone), black-lored waxbill, boxer (dog breed), boxing gloves, crawler excavator (aka. tracked excavator), don quixote (titular character in miguel cervantes’ novel (1605)), eastern box turtle, elixir (aka. potion), english foxhound (dog breed), excalibur (sword in arthurian legend - given to king arthur by the lady in the lake), exit, explosion, export business sign, extinct (dinosaur - no longer existing or living), extinct bird (rodrigues solitaire), faux fur coat (fancy word meaning ’fake’ or ’synthetic’), flying fox (big fruit-eating bat), foxglove (aka. digitalis), foxtrot (dance popularized in the 1930s), galaxy (group of many (many!) stars), hexagonal (having six sides - ceramic tile), hexagonal grouper (aka. starspotted- or white-specked g.), iberian ibex, ice axe (ice climbing equipment), index cards, iron oxide (rust / iron mixed with oxygen), jack-in-the-box, jukebox (coin-operated music playing machine), karen blixen (danish author of ”out of africa” (1885-1962)), kylix (ancient greek wine drinking cup), lacquer box, large-flowered maxillaria, latex glove, lexicon (a specialized dictionary), lynx, matchbox, mexican beaded –lizard, mexican food (fajitas), mixed nuts (bowl of), onyx cameo (jewellery), onyx medusa cameo (jewellery), orient express (the - long-distance luxury train service (1883-2009)), oryx (east african), phoenix (mythological bird that burns and then rises again from ashes), pickaxe (digging / mining equipment), pixel art (watermelon), pixie (mythical creature of british folklore), polar explorer (roald amundsen (1872-1928)), queen alexandra’s birdwing (butterfly), red fox, relaxed red fox, relaxing, rock hyrax (aka. cape h. or rock rabbit or dassie), sardonyx (mineral / gemstone), saxophone (alto), saxophonist, sioux chief (black chicken (ca. 1907)), sphinx (statue - mythological creature w/ human head and lion body and eagle wings), taxi, taxidermied polar bear (aka. stuffed), toxic waste (barrel of - aka. green ooze), tyrannsaurus rex (extinct species of dinosaur), vexillologist (person who studies flags), vixen (female fox), x-ray image (photo of bones and insides of the body), xantus’s hummingbird (female), xantus’s hummingbird (male), xinjiang ground jay, xoloitzcuintle (mexican hairless dog breed), xyleborus (genus of ambrosia beetles), xylocarp (fruit w/ hard shell like durrian or coconut), xylocopa (genus of carpenter bee), xylophone (percussion instrument)

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