#! perl -slw
use strict;
use List::Util qw[ shuffle ];

my  @start = qw[
    dog cat bird mouse rat snake horse cow
    pig lizard lamb zebra lion elephant monkey
];

my  @want = map{ 
    join ' ', $start[ $_ ], 
    ( shuffle @start[ 0 .. $_-1, $_+1 .. $#start ] )[ 0 .. 2 ] 
} 0 .. $#start;

print for @want;
__END__
dog cat lamb lizard
cat lamb mouse pig
bird pig monkey lizard
mouse bird pig snake
rat dog bird lion
snake mouse horse rat
horse lion elephant lamb
cow lamb horse bird
pig cat rat bird
lizard bird horse cat
lamb rat zebra dog
zebra monkey horse snake
lion pig zebra dog
elephant lamb monkey cow
monkey rat lamb snake

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