Deer
Dancer
Vixen
Comet
Rudolph
Dr. Seuss Characters
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When used as food, deer flesh is called this
Venison
1
He & Ginger Rogers tripped the light fantastic in 10 films together, including "The Gay Divorcee"
Fred Astaire
1
Vixens are female foxes; like cats, they have vertical eye pupils & some have this type of claws that can be pulled back in
Retractable
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In 1680 Gottfried Kirch became the first person to discover a comet using this kind of telescope
a Refractor Telescope
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This grandson of Italian immigrants was elected the 107th mayor of New York City on November 2, 1993
Rudolph Giuliani
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His name finishes the line, "I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them..."
Sam-I-Am
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The Pampas deer lives in the tall-grass regions of this continents plains
South America
2
In 1948 dancer & choreographer Alicia Alonso founded the national ballet of this island country of her birth
Cuba
2
A mother vixen bears young called pups, cubs or these
Kits
2
In 2014 this spacecraft named for an ancient multi-lingual stone became the first to orbit a comet
Rosetta
2
Shortly after his death, eerie stories told of this actor's ghost haunting "Falcon Lair", his Hollywood home
Rudolph Valentino
2
"If I can't find a reindeer, I'll make one instead", said this character--so he called on his dog, Max
The Grinch
3
The largest kind of this largest member of the deer family lives in Alaska
a Moose
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He co-wrote & directed "All That Jazz", a movie based on his life
Bob Fosse
3
In preparation for giving birth, a vixen will enlarge an abandoned burrow of another animal to make one of these
a Den
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Most comets round the sun via this odd, elliptical orbit, a term that could apply to your unusual grandfather
Eccentric
3
You'll find this body of water in the eastern part of Kenya's Rift Valley
Lake Rudolph
3
This turtle was king of the pond at the island of Sala-ma-Sond
Yertle the Turtle
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A deer's stomach has this many chambers, like a cow's
Four Chambers
4
He's often credited as the man who saved tap dancing 
Savion Glover
4
That vixen may look pettable but be careful--some foxes are carriers of this disease, AKA hydrophobia
Rabies
4
In 2005 NASA launched a comet mission named this, like the title of a film in which Morgan Freeman was the president
Deep Impact
4
The award-winning Rudolph seen here holding 2 Olympic medals and wearing a third
Wilma Rudolph
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In the jungle of Nool, he murmured, "I've never heard tell of a small speck of dust that is able to yell"
Horton
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Contrary to popular belief, this deer provides little of the livelihood of Europe's Lapps
the Reindeer
5
Praise be to Rudolf Nureyev & more recently Michael Flatley, who both had this noble nickname
Lord of the Dance
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The smallest vixens belong to the smallest fox species, the fennec, usually found in these ecosystems
the Desert
5
A comet often has two tails--one made of dust & one that glows blue & is made up of these electrically charged gas molecules
Ions (or Plasma)
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Bravo! This man was the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972
Sir Rudolph Bing
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This boy from feudal times got into trouble for failing to doff his hat
Bartholomew (Cubbins)