Animals
Many of these animals forming the Great Barrier Reef are being eaten by crown-of-thorns starfish
Coral
A Tibetan ox, or to talk persistently
Yak
It's the instrument on which you'd perform a drag, flam or roll
Drum
Perhaps from a nickname for Louise, it's a slang word for an object or idea that is remarkable
Lulu
To make money, or a vase to stash ashes
Earn/Urn
The down this type of duck produces is used to line nests & for jackets, quilts, pillows & sleeping bags
Eider
A dog with a short, flattened nose, or the short, flattened nose itself
Pug
One of the simplest instruments in an orchestra, it's named for its geometric shape
Triangle
This confection has a creamy center with fruit or nuts & is usually covered with chocolate
Bonbon
Antagonistic & adverse, or a supervised shelter for young travelers
Hostile/Hostel
This bright green beetle, a major plant pest, was brought to the U.S. from the orient circa 1916
Japanese Beetle
It can mean the daily record of a ship's progress or the act of recording that progress
Log
Among the oldest instruments known, it's featured on Ireland's coat of arms
Harp
Descriptive song title Cher used to show how "My baby shot me down"
Bang Bang
Inscribed on paper, or a routine way of doing something
Wrote/Rote
They're the only living members of the mammalian family Proboscidea
Elephants
It can precede brow, down or life
Low
Ravi Shankar is one of the most famous players of this instrument
Sitar
This African antelope was named for the sound it makes when alarmed
Dik-Dik
An ursine creature, or any naked creature for that matter
Bear/Bare
Salamanders called newts when aquatic are called this when terrestrial
efts
Although roosters crow, crows emit this sound
Caw
In Latin America, this large xylophone can accommodate 3 or 4 musicians at a time
Marimba
In June 1990 this Las Vegas-based co. opened the world's largest resort hotel, the 4,000-room Excalibur
Circus Circus
To impose a tax, or an embankment built along a river
Levy/Levee