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Use the idiom tag for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about set phrases with unusual meanings that can't be properly understood just from the separate words in them.
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Usage of compound adjectives with past participles
I often see native English speakers using compound adjectives with past participles to describe traits of animals in books and journal articles. For example:
1.1: Reptiles are cold-blooded creatures.
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