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Answer for the clue "Type genus of the Manidae ", 5 letters:
manis

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Manis was the trained orangutan that played Clyde, Clint Eastwood 's sidekick from the 1978 box office hit Every Which Way But Loose . Its 1980 sequel, Any Which Way You Can (1980), did not feature Manis, as he had grown too much between productions. The ...

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Manis \Ma"nis\ (m[=a]"n[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. L. manes the ghosts or shades of the dead. So called from its dismal appearance, and because it seeks for its food by night.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with ...

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Manis burst into the woodland, Stryke saw the single green piece seem to leap upwards as it bounced off the stony turf.

Ruffetts View, the groups of Unis struggled on, unwilling to die without taking as many Manis with them as they could.