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    Georg Wilhelm Steller (10 March 1709 – 14 November 1746) was a German-born naturalist and explorer who contributed to the fields of biology, zoology, and...
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    The Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is a species of vole. The Hualapai Mexican vole (M. m. hualapaiensis) was formerly recognized as a subspecies and...
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    The phrase "when pigs fly" (alternatively, "pigs might fly") is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication...
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  • Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly...
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  • Thumbnail for Threestripe corydoras
    The three stripe corydoras (Corydoras trilineatus), leopard catfish, false julii corydoras, or three line catfish is a tropical freshwater fish belonging...
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    Periptychus is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the family Periptychidae. It lived from the Early to Late Paleocene and its fossil remains have...
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  • Dakeoceras is a genus of simple cyrtoconic ellesmeroceratid cephalopods in the fossil record. All known species come from the Lower Canadian epoch (Gasconadian)...
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  • The barredtail corydoras or Cochu's catfish (Corydoras cochui) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae...
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  • Hopiichnus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. It is probably synonymous with Anomoepus. Dinosaurs portal Paleontology portal List of dinosaur ichnogenera...
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  • Thumbnail for Ember tetra
    The ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. It is native to the Araguaia...
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  • Schizopelma bicarinatum is a species of the tarantula found in Mexico in the state of Guerrero in the area of Xautipa (now Chautipan). This tarantula was...
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    Proctolin is a neuropeptide present in insects and crustaceans. It was first found in Periplaneta americana, a species of cockroach in 1975. Proctolin...
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  • Corydoras condiscipulus is a species of Corydoras catfish found in the Oyapock River of French Guiana and Brazil. It is found in the whole river, much...
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  • In enzymology, an arogenate dehydrogenase (NADP+) (EC 1.3.1.78) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-arogenate + NADP+ ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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  • Basilica is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Wikispecies has information related to Basilica. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database...
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  • Bulbophyllum dissitiflorum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum An orchid Is a flower that is usually pink, and it can come in white as well...
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  • Campyloneurus is a genus of wasps in the subfamily Braconinae. Species are found in Southern Africa, Australia and Far East Asia. Neue Braconiden aus Ungarn...
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  • Spinula is a genus of bivalves. "Spinula" at the Encyclopedia of Life v t e...
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  • Trichiurichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. Paleontology portal Fish portal Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish Bony...
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