We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.
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Scutter
//ˈskʌtə(ɹ)//
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I scuttered all the way to Dallory, and scuttered back again ; and I don’t think I stopped to speak to a single soul, but Timothy Wilks.”
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A mangy little jackal […] cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows.
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These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.
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