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AMOK

Amok is a Malay term denoting a sudden frenzy that seizes an individual, sometimes because of intoxicants, but often unaccountably.
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PANTOUM

A pantoum is a Malay verse consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.
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ARGUS PHEASANT

The Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) is a bird of the family Phasianidae found in the jungles of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. The Argus pheasant is named after the 100-eyed Greek mythological creature Argus, because of the many eye-like iridescent spots on the inner wing feathers of the male. Although the bird is not much larger than a large chicken when divested of its plumage, the total length, including the tail feathers, is more than 1.5 m. The tail consists of twelve feathers, of which the two middle ones are very long. The plumage of both sexes is simple and dull in colour except for the male's beautiful inner wing feathers. In both sexes the bill is nearly as long as the rest of the head, and the sides of the head and neck have almost no feathers. The Argus Pheasant lives in jungles of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
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BEAR

Bear is the popular name for an omnivorous mammal animal of the family Ursidae. They are related to the dog family, but have massive bodies and very short tails. The ears are short and rounded, and the feet have five toes with powerful, non-retractile claws which enable the animals to climb. The fur is coarse and shaggy. The teeth are forty-two in number, as in the dog, but there is no carnassial or sectorial tooth, and the molars have a more tubercular character than in carnivores. The eyes have a nictitating membrane, the nose is prominent and mobile, and the tail very short. Bears generally lie dormant in their den during the winter months.There are six genera of bears: Ursus (the black bears, brown bears and grizzly bears), Tremarctos, Selenarctos (Asiatic black bear), Thalarctos (Polar Bear or White Bear), Helarctos (Malay Bear) and Melursus (Sloth Bear).

The brown or black bear of Europe is the Ursus arctos. It is a native of almost all the northern parts of Europe and Asia, and was at one time common in the British islands. It feeds on fruits, roots, honey, ants, and, in case of need, on mammals. It sometimes reaches the length of 213 cm, the largest specimens being found furthest to the north. It lives solitarily.

The American black bear is the Ursus americanus, with black shining hair, and rarely above 152 cm in length. It is a great climber, is less dangerous than the brown bear, and is hunted for its fur and flesh.

The grizzly bear (Ursus ferox or Ursus horribilis) is an inhabitant of the Rocky Mountains; it is a ferocious animal, sometimes 275 cm in length, and has a bulky and unwieldy form, but is nevertheless capable of great rapidity of motion. The extinct cave-bear (Ursus spelceus) seems to have been closely akin to the grizzly. The Siberian bear (Ursus colldris) is perhaps a variety of the brown bear.

BETEL-NUT

The Betel-Nut is the kernel of the fruit of the palm Areca Catechu found in southern India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Malay Archipelago. It is so named from being chewed along with betel-leaf. When ripe the fruit is the size of a cherry, conical in shape with a brown outside and mottled inside. The fruit grows in bunches of about 300 nuts, each tree bearing two or three bunches.
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BETEL

Betel (Piper betel) is a climbing shrub of the family Peperaceae indigenous through Madagascar and the Malay peninsular. The leaves contain a volatile oil which contains betel-phenol and chavicol, and is used as a masticatory.
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FLYING LEMUR

The flying lemur (Cologus) is an insectivorous mammal not related to the lemurs, but more nearly akin to the Insectivores, differing however, sufficiently to be placed in a distinct order, the Dermoptera. Flying lemurs are found from the Malay Peninsular to the Philippine Islands, are represented by several species, all arboreal in habit and feeding on leaves and fruit.
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MALAY

The Malay is a breed of chicken.
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MALAY BEAR

The Malay bear (Helarctos malayensis) also known as the sun bear or bruang is a small bear, growing to about one metre long, found in the Malay peninsular, Sumatra and in Borneo. It is a black colour with a grey-tan coloured muzzle. The head is short and flat, the ears small and the teeth often reduced in numbers.
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PANDANUS

Pandanus (the screw-pines) is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the family Pandaneae, mostly natives of the Malay Archipelago.
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