It can precede bone, shirt & square
T
Lap dogs became popular when it was observed that these insects prefer dogs to people
Fleas
When he returned to Venice from the Far East, he introduced the idea of fruit flavored ices
Marco Polo
A Tibetan ox, or to talk persistently
yak
A way to say goodbye to someone who's taking a trip, it's French for "good journey"
bon voyage
In the comics the sound made by snoring is usually represented by a series of these letters
Z
First brought to the West in 1937, the Encyclopedia of Mammals calls it the "bamboo bear"
a Panda
Consisting of puff pastry layered with custard or cream, this pastry's fit for a French emperor
a Napoleon
A dog with a short, flattened nose, or the short, flattened nose itself
a pug
When one actor leaves the stage; it's an "exit"; when more than one leaves, it's called this
an exeunt
As part of an Irish name, it usually means "descendant of"
O
It's what a steer becomes when he grows up
(hint castrated)
an ox

The USDA made Wolfgang Puck add tomato in order to sell his frozen pies as thes
pizzas
It can mean the daily record of a ship's progress or the act of recording that progress
a log
From the Latin for "to say farewell", it's the student who says farewell at a graduation ceremony
the valedictorian
People who are workaholics are said to exhibit this "type" of behavior
A
"Brachiation is a term for this method of locomotion used by the tree-dwelling gibbons of Asia

swinging from branches
They're immature pigeons sometimes raised for food
squabs

It can precede brow, down or life
low
Title of a 1985 book by William F. Buckley, or a 1956 hit song by Bill Haley & His Comets
See You Later, Alligator
Middle initial of 1950s TV host Robert Lewis
Q (for Quizzical)
These 2 prehistoric ancestors of elephants both had long tusks that curved upward
mastodons & mammoths
These edible fungi thrive in chalky soil, & the best are the perigord variety
truffles

Although roosters crow, crows emit this sound
caw
R. Chandler wrote 7 novels about Philip Marlowe, among them "The Long Goodbye" & this "Farewell" book
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Farewell, My Lovely
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