zad (noun): a large, broad winged, black-&- white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak, found in the Tahari; they scavenge on carrion; similar to the Earth vulture
zad, jungle (noun): a cousin of the Tahari zad; found in the rain forest inland of Schendi
zadit (noun): a small, tawny feathered, sharp billed bird of the Tahari; insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects; they often land a kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal
Zar (noun): a board game of the Tahari; the board is marked like a Kaissa board, but the pieces - 9 per player, and called 'pebbles' - are placed at the intersections of the lines; movement is somewhat like that of checkers, but without capturing of pieces; the object of the game is to effect a complete exchange of the original placement of the pieces.
zarlit (noun): large, harmless, purple insect about two feet long with 4 long, translucent wings, with a span of about a yard. It is able to walk on top of water because of it's padlike feet and feeds on small insects.
zeder (noun): a small, sleen-like,carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi, esp. along the Ua River;grows to c. 2' and weighs 8-10 lbs; is diurnal, can swim very well, & builds a stick-&-mud nest in the branches of a tree, where it spends the night
Zever (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
