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- A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI)...130 KB (13,412 words) - 01:40, 7 July 2024
- Meiosis (/maɪˈoʊsɪs/ ; from Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis) 'lessening', (since it is a reductional division) is a special type of cell division of germ...63 KB (7,357 words) - 09:03, 19 July 2024
- The Border Collie is a British breed of herding dog of the collie type of medium size. It originates in the region of the Anglo-Scottish border, and descends...47 KB (5,356 words) - 01:20, 4 July 2024
- Toxoplasma gondii (/ˈtɒksəˌplæzmə ˈɡɒndi.aɪ, -iː/) is a parasitic protozoan (specifically an apicomplexan) that causes toxoplasmosis. Found worldwide,...102 KB (11,723 words) - 18:10, 25 June 2024
- Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm (Central, and South America). It...2 KB (141 words) - 19:32, 13 June 2024
- Warm-blooded is an informal term referring to animal species whose bodies maintain a temperature higher than that of their environment. In particular,...11 KB (1,146 words) - 04:11, 26 June 2024
- This is a list of well-known real birds. For famous fictional birds, see list of fictional birds. Águia Vitória, a bald eagle who serves as the mascot...21 KB (2,394 words) - 22:59, 24 July 2024
- Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly, is a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Since the late 20th century, H. illucens has increasingly...49 KB (5,347 words) - 21:49, 7 March 2024
- Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish...2 KB (236 words) - 09:42, 25 January 2024
- Aerial roots are roots growing above the ground. They are often adventitious, i.e. formed from nonroot tissue. They are found in diverse plant species...9 KB (1,047 words) - 02:18, 22 May 2024
- The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small dormouse species native to Europe and the only living species in the genus...15 KB (1,568 words) - 02:53, 18 July 2024
- Combined driving (also known as horse driving trials) is an equestrian sport involving carriage driving. In this discipline, the driver sits on a vehicle...41 KB (4,997 words) - 09:07, 22 July 2024
- Phage therapy, viral phage therapy, or phagotherapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages for the treatment of pathogenic bacterial infections. This...102 KB (10,955 words) - 18:37, 12 July 2024
- Gerbilling, also known as gerbil stuffing or gerbil shooting, is an urban legend description of a fictitious sexual practice of inserting small live animals...10 KB (990 words) - 06:00, 28 June 2024
- The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) is one of the large number of perciform fishes in the family Serranidae commonly referred to as groupers. It...11 KB (1,271 words) - 17:35, 16 October 2023
- Jumping the broom (or jumping the besom) is a phrase and custom relating to a wedding ceremony in which the couple jumps over a broom. It is most widespread...26 KB (3,389 words) - 18:23, 29 February 2024
- The Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus or Cricetulus barabensis griseus) is a rodent in the genus Cricetulus of the subfamily Cricetidae that originated...9 KB (885 words) - 21:36, 23 May 2024
- The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa, and...22 KB (2,931 words) - 20:27, 14 July 2024
- The Corsican Dog (chien corse) or Cursinu, is a breed of dog originating from Corsica. It has existed on the island since the 16th century, but went into...5 KB (597 words) - 15:30, 5 February 2023
- Norman Wingate Pirie FRS (1 July 1907 – 29 March 1997), was a British biochemist and virologist who, along with Frederick Bawden, discovered that a virus...8 KB (707 words) - 19:34, 13 April 2023