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lure

1. Angling any of various types of brightly-coloured artificial spinning baits, usually consisting of a plastic or metal body mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers, etc.
2. Falconry a feathered decoy to which small pieces of meat can be attached and which is equipped with a long thong
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This means you will continue to cue-pause-lure, but gradually decrease the amount of luring help you give him.
Districts are using it mainly for three purposes: Luring students to their schools given dwindling pupil enrollment; showing parents why building a new school, or any other project, is needed given overcrowding; or recruiting teachers, Moore says.
Evidence of prey luring exists for numerous species of viperid, clapid, and boid snakes as well as six colubrids.
The meter-tall plant resembles a cobra with its hood spread and protruding "fangs" that cover its "mouth," luring prey with nectar.
There are also aromatic dusts that can be puffed into the air to permeate the area with special scents, both for luring and masking.
Luring means using something the dog wants, most often a food treat, to draw her or guide her into doing what you want her to do.
They're better for targeting particular spots, like a boat dock, stump, or fallen tree, while the split-tail baits fish best over expansive areas, gliding along and luring bass out of cover.
One fragrance outperformed all the rest, luring lots of midges and stingless bees.
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