Lake Tawakoni State Park, the Glossary
Lake Tawakoni State Park is a state park located in Hunt County, Texas, United States, north of Wills Point.[1]
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Armadillo
Armadillos (little armored ones) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata.
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Beaver
Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Birdwatching
Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.
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Blue catfish
The blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is a large species of North American catfish, reaching a length of and a weight of.
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Boating
Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing.
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Bobcat
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
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Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.
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Crappie
Crappies are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus Pomoxis in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes).
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Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
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Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.
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Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').
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Geocaching
Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.
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Gray fox
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America.
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Hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.
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Hunt County, Texas
Hunt County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Lake Tawakoni
Lake Tawakoni is a reservoir located in Northeast Texas, about east of Dallas.
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Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.
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Long-jawed orb weaver
Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
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Maclura pomifera
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange, is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States.
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Mink
Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, and ferrets.
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Mountain bike
A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling.
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Mountain biking
Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes.
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, known as Virginia creeper, Victoria creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger, is a species of flowering vine in the grape family, Vitaceae.
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Poison ivy
Poison ivy is a type of allergenic plant in the genus Toxicodendron native to Asia and North America.
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Quercus macrocarpa
Quercus macrocarpa, the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America.
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Raccoon
The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.
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Recreational vehicle
A recreational vehicle, often abbreviated as RV, is a motor vehicle or trailer that includes living quarters designed for accommodation.
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Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.
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Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
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Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)
The Sabine River is a long riverU.S. Geological Survey.
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
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Spider web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning "spider") is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.
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Squirrel
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.
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State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision.
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Striped bass
The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America.
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Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.
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Tawakoni
The Tawakoni (also Tahuacano and Tehuacana) are a Southern Plains Native American tribe, closely related to the Wichitas.
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Tent
A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over, attached to a frame of poles or a supporting rope.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is a Texas state agency that oversees and protects wildlife and their habitats.
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Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.
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Ulmus crassifolia
Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.
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Understory
In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Vaccinium arboreum
Vaccinium arboreum (sparkleberry or farkleberry) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Nebraska, south to Florida and eastern Texas, and north to Illinois.
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Virginia opossum
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America.
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White bass
The white bass, silver bass, or sand bass (Morone chrysops) is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae.
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White-tailed deer
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia, where it predominately inhabits high mountain terrains of the Andes.
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Wills Point, Texas
Wills Point is a city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.
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