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Animals that have birth defects or weak genes (such as the runt of the litter) are unable to compete over food with stronger, healthier animals.
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He was born a runt with large ears and eyes.
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He is a skinny little runt, pale, angular, bony, rickety, who looked sick but was as fit as a fiddle.
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Therefore, in the wild, a runt is less likely to survive infancy.
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He was a runt of sorts, but found his place as an experienced manipulator of others.
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But that little runt of a mule kept bothering me.
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He is essentially the runt of the group, sometimes left out of the fun for being too small.
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He was a runt, so pick on him.
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Furthermore, ectopic expression of eve or runt is sufficient to locally reorient the polarity of nearby cells.
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Further, he is very often a reject (from the offense) or the runt of the litter.
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