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State
Flower: Yucca
State Animal: Black Bear
State Tree: Pinon
State Bird: Roadrunner
State Song: Oh, Fair New Mexico
State Insect: Tarantula hawk wasp
State Motto - "Crescit eundo" - It grows as it goes
Nickname: Land of Enchantment
State Dinosaur: Coelophysis
Origin of name: Named by the Spanish, in reference
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