class Mammalia, that lacks upper incisor teeth and chews the 

 cud, e.g., giraffe, ox, deer. 



Runner 



An above-ground, more or less horizontal stem that forms 

 roots and shoots at some of the nodes under favorable 

 conditions, e.g., the strawberry plant, Bermudagrass. cf. 

 Rhizome, Stolon. 



Runoff 



The part of Precipitation which as surface run-off flows 

 off the land without sinking into the soil and the part that 

 enters the ground and passes through into surface streams as 

 groundwater run-off. 



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