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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf%20crocodile
Dwarf crocodile
The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or bony crocodile, is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant (living) species of crocodile. Description Dwarf crocodiles attain a mediu...
Biology and health sciences
Crocodilia
Animals
15946878
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20steam%20sterilization
Soil steam sterilization
Soil steam sterilization (soil steaming) is a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses. Pests of plant cultures such as weeds, bacteria, fungi and viruses are killed through induced hot steam which causes vital cellular proteins to unfold. Biologically, the method is considered a...
Technology
Pest and disease control
null
9276466
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek + ) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which the embryo develops directly from an egg without need for fertilization. In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell. In plants, parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis. In a...
Biology and health sciences
Biological reproduction
Biology
5470669
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault%20block
Fault block
Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust. Large areas of bedrock are broken up into blocks by faults. Blocks are characterized by relatively uniform lithology. The largest of these fault blocks are called crusta...
Physical sciences
Montane landforms
Earth science
5473867
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near%20side%20of%20the%20Moon
Near side of the Moon
The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces towards Earth, opposite to the far side. Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth—a situation known as tidal locking. The Moon is directly illuminated by the S...
Physical sciences
Solar System
Astronomy
573875
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement%20in%20quantum%20mechanics
Measurement in quantum mechanics
In quantum physics, a measurement is the testing or manipulation of a physical system to yield a numerical result. A fundamental feature of quantum theory is that the predictions it makes are probabilistic. The procedure for finding a probability involves combining a quantum state, which mathematically describes a quan...
Physical sciences
Quantum mechanics
Physics
574544
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular%20motion
Circular motion
In physics, circular motion is movement of an object along the circumference of a circle or rotation along a circular arc. It can be uniform, with a constant rate of rotation and constant tangential speed, or non-uniform with a changing rate of rotation. The rotation around a fixed axis of a three-dimensional body invo...
Physical sciences
Classical mechanics
Physics
574796
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes%20sapidus
Callinectes sapidus
Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek ,"beautiful" + , "swimmer", and Latin , "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally. C. sapidus is of cons...
Biology and health sciences
Crabs and hermit crabs
Animals
574874
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove%20crab
Mangrove crab
Mangrove crabs are crabs that live in and around mangroves. They belong to many different species and families and have been shown to be ecologically significant by burying and consuming leaf litter. Mangrove crabs have a variety of phylogenies because mangrove crab is an umbrella term that encompasses many species of ...
Biology and health sciences
Crabs and hermit crabs
Animals
574964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorboat
Motorboat
A motorboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine; faster examples may be called "speedboats". Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gearbox and the propeller in one portable unit. A...
Technology
Naval transport
null
575135
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submersible
Submersible
A submersible is an underwater vehicle which needs to be transported and supported by a larger watercraft or platform. This distinguishes submersibles from submarines, which are self-supporting and capable of prolonged independent operation at sea. There are many types of submersibles, including both human-occupied ve...
Technology
Naval transport
null
575176
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifungal
Antifungal
An antifungal medication, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis (thrush), serious systemic infections such as cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Such drugs are usually obtained by a doctor's...
Biology and health sciences
Antifungals
Health
575495
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide%20%28skin%29
Hide (skin)
A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use. The word "hide" is related to the German word , which means skin. The industry defines hides as "skins" of large animals e.g. cow, buffalo; while skins refer to "skins" of smaller animals: goat, sheep, deer, pig, fish, alligator, snake, etc. Common commercial hid...
Technology
Materials
null
575531
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltoid%20muscle
Deltoid muscle
The deltoid muscle is the muscle forming the rounded contour of the human shoulder. It is also known as the 'common shoulder muscle', particularly in other animals such as the domestic cat. Anatomically, the deltoid muscle is made up of three distinct sets of muscle fibers, namely the anterior or clavicular part (pars...
Biology and health sciences
Human anatomy
Health
575590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy%20blue
Navy blue
Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. When this color name, taken from the usual color of the uniforms of sailors, originally came into...
Physical sciences
Colors
Physics
575613
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons%20of%20Jupiter
Moons of Jupiter
There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits . This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. All together, Jupiter's moons form a satellite system...
Physical sciences
Solar System
Astronomy
575697
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheminformatics
Cheminformatics
Cheminformatics (also known as chemoinformatics) refers to the use of physical chemistry theory with computer and information science techniques—so called "in silico" techniques—in application to a range of descriptive and prescriptive problems in the field of chemistry, including in its applications to biology and rel...
Physical sciences
Basics_2
Chemistry
575749
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons%20of%20Saturn
Moons of Saturn
The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. There are 146 moons with confirmed orbits, the most of any planet in the Solar System. This number does not include the many thousands of moonlets embedded ...
Physical sciences
Solar System
Astronomy
575890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20mouse
House mouse
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus Mus. Although a wild animal, the house mouse has benefited significantly from associating with h...
Biology and health sciences
Rodents
Animals
576108
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric%20equation
Parametric equation
In mathematics, a parametric equation expresses several quantities, such as the coordinates of a point, as functions of one or several variables called parameters. In the case of a single parameter, parametric equations are commonly used to express the trajectory of a moving point, in which case, the parameter is oft...
Mathematics
Basics
null
576193
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat%20toilet
Squat toilet
A squat toilet (or squatting toilet) is a toilet used by squatting, rather than sitting. This means that the posture for defecation and for female urination is to place one foot on each side of the toilet drain or hole and to squat over it. There are several types of squat toilets, but they all consist essentially of ...
Technology
Hydraulics and pneumatics
null
576200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philodendron
Philodendron
Philodendron is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. , the Plants of the World Online accepted 621 species; other sources accept different numbers. Regardless of number of species, the genus is the second-largest member of the family Araceae, after genus Anthurium. Taxonomically, the genus Philodend...
Biology and health sciences
Monocots
null
576517
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdale%20horse
Clydesdale horse
The Clydesdale is a Scottish breed of draught horse. It takes its name from Clydesdale, a region of Scotland centred on the River Clyde. The origins of the breed lie in the seventeenth century, when Flemish stallions were imported to Scotland and mated with local mares; in the nineteenth century, Shire blood was intro...
Biology and health sciences
Horses
Animals
576681
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedometer
Speedometer
A speedometer or speed meter is a gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a vehicle. Now universally fitted to motor vehicles, they started to be available as options in the early 20th century, and as standard equipment from about 1910 onwards. Other vehicles may use devices analogous to the speedom...
Technology
Measuring instruments
null
577188
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compsognathus
Compsognathus
Compsognathus (; Greek kompsos/κομψός; "elegant", "refined" or "dainty", and gnathos/γνάθος; "jaw") is a genus of small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. Members of its single species Compsognathus longipes could grow to around the size of a chicken. They lived about 150 million years ago, during the Tithonian a...
Biology and health sciences
Theropods
Animals
577301
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitude%20%28mathematics%29
Magnitude (mathematics)
In mathematics, the magnitude or size of a mathematical object is a property which determines whether the object is larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind. More formally, an object's magnitude is the displayed result of an ordering (or ranking) of the class of objects to which it belongs. Magnitude as a ...
Mathematics
Linear algebra
null
577307
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel%20boring%20machine
Tunnel boring machine
A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm", is a machine used to excavate tunnels. Tunnels are excavated through hard rock, wet or dry soil, or sand, each of which requires specialized technology. Tunnel boring machines are an alternative to drilling and blasting (D&B) methods and "hand mining"....
Technology
Transport infrastructure
null
8644994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial%20vortex
Extraterrestrial vortex
An extraterrestrial vortex is a vortex that occurs on planets and natural satellites other than Earth that have sufficient atmospheres. Most observed extraterrestrial vortices have been seen in large cyclones, or anticyclones. However, occasional dust storms have been known to produce vortices on Mars and Titan. Variou...
Physical sciences
Planetary science
Astronomy
11779912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20sediment
Marine sediment
Marine sediment, or ocean sediment, or seafloor sediment, are deposits of insoluble particles that have accumulated on the seafloor. These particles either have their origins in soil and rocks and have been transported from the land to the sea, mainly by rivers but also by dust carried by wind and by the flow of glacie...
Physical sciences
Oceanography
Earth science
320320
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculum%20%28medicine%29
Speculum (medicine)
A speculum (Latin for 'mirror'; : specula or speculums) is a medical tool for investigating body orifices, with a form dependent on the orifice for which it is designed. In old texts, the speculum may also be referred to as a diopter or dioptra. Like an endoscope, a speculum allows a view inside the body; endoscopes, ...
Biology and health sciences
Diagnostics
Health
320336
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand%20axe
Hand axe
A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping, or hitting against another stone. They are characteristic of the low...
Technology
Hand tools
null
320351
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic%20needle
Hypodermic needle
A hypodermic needle (from Greek ὑπο- (hypo- = under), and δέρμα (derma = skin)) is a very thin, hollow tube with one sharp tip. It is one of a category of medical tools which enter the skin, called sharps. It is commonly used with a syringe, a hand-operated device with a plunger, to inject substances into the body (e.g...
Technology
Equipment
null
320509
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine%20nut
Pine nut
Pine nuts, also called piñón (), pinoli (), or pignoli, are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus). According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, only 29 species provide edible nuts, while 20 are traded locally or internationally owing to their seed size being large enough to be worth harvesting...
Biology and health sciences
Nuts
Plants
320568
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-to-air%20missile
Air-to-air missile
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles). AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fueled but sometimes liquid fueled. Ramjet engines, as used on the Meteor, are emer...
Technology
Missiles
null
320760
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20fluid
Body fluid
Body fluids, bodily fluids, or biofluids, sometimes body liquids, are liquids within the body of an organism. In lean healthy adult men, the total body water is about 60% (60–67%) of the total body weight; it is usually slightly lower in women (52–55%). The exact percentage of fluid relative to body weight is inversely...
Biology and health sciences
Animal anatomy and morphology
Biology
320861
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant%20function
Constant function
In mathematics, a constant function is a function whose (output) value is the same for every input value. Basic properties As a real-valued function of a real-valued argument, a constant function has the general form or just For example, the function is the specific constant function where the output value is . T...
Mathematics
Specific functions
null
321263
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth%20defect
Birth defect
A birth defect is an abnormal condition that is present at birth, regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. The disabilities can range from mild to severe. Birth defects are divided into two main types: structural disorders in which problems ...
Biology and health sciences
Disabilities
Health
321365
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20track
Railway track
A railway track ( and UIC terminology) or railroad track (), also known as permanent way () or "P Way" ( and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers (railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. It enables t...
Technology
Trains
null
321382
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20flow%20%28ecology%29
Energy flow (ecology)
Energy flow is the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem. All living organisms can be organized into producers and consumers, and those producers and consumers can further be organized into a food chain. Each of the levels within the food chain is a trophic level. In order to more efficiently show th...
Biology and health sciences
Ecology
Biology
321438
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20information
Perfect information
In economics, perfect information (sometimes referred to as "no hidden information") is a feature of perfect competition. With perfect information in a market, all consumers and producers have complete and instantaneous knowledge of all market prices, their own utility, and own cost functions. In game theory, a sequen...
Mathematics
Game theory
null
321567
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic%20diaphragm
Thoracic diaphragm
The thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm (; ), is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity. The diaphragm is the most important muscle of respiration, and separates the thoracic cavity, containing the heart and lungs, from the abdominal...
Biology and health sciences
Respiratory system
Biology
321671
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation
Tessellation
A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries. A periodic tiling has a repeating pattern. Some special kinds include r...
Mathematics
Geometry
null
321796
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Paint
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Paint (commonly known as MS Paint or Paint for short) is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. The program opens, modifies and saves image files in Windows bitmap (BMP), JPEG, GIF, PNG, and single-page TIFF formats. The program can be in color mode or t...
Technology
Multimedia_2
null
321814
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibula
Fibula
The fibula (: fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. Its upper extremity is small, placed toward the back of the head of the ti...
Biology and health sciences
Skeletal system
Biology
321869
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20theory
Coding theory
Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are studied by various scientific disciplines—such as information theory, electrical ...
Mathematics
Discrete mathematics
null
321940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot%20ant
Honeypot ant
Honeypot ants, also called honey ants, are ants which have specialized workers (repletes, plerergates, or rotunds) that consume large amounts of food to the point that their abdomens swell enormously. Other ants then extract nourishment from them, through the process of trophallaxis. They function as living larders. Ho...
Biology and health sciences
Hymenoptera
Animals
321957
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4%20carbine
M4 carbine
The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the US military, with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and ...
Technology
Specific firearms
null
322091
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeping
Beekeeping
Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus Apis are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as Melipona stingless bees are also kept. Beekeepers (or apiarists) keep bees to collect honey and other products of the hiv...
Technology
Forms
null
322105
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen
Mangosteen
Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. It has been cultivated extensively in tropical Asia since ancient times. It is grown mainly in Southeast Asia, southwest India and ot...
Biology and health sciences
Other culinary fruits
Plants
322177
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile%20cancer
Penile cancer
Penile cancer, or penile carcinoma, is a cancer that develops in the skin or tissues of the penis. Symptoms may include abnormal growth, an ulcer or sore on the skin of the penis, and bleeding or foul smelling discharge. Risk factors include phimosis (inability to retract foreskin of the penis), chronic inflammation, ...
Biology and health sciences
Cancer
Health
322197
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tension%20headache
Tension headache
Tension headache, stress headache, or tension-type headache (TTH), is the most common type of primary headache. The pain usually radiates from the lower back of the head, the neck, the eyes, or other muscle groups in the body typically affecting both sides of the head. Tension-type headaches account for nearly 90% of a...
Biology and health sciences
Specific diseases
Health
322239
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20hare
European hare
The European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species and is adapted to temperate, open country. Hares are herbivorous and feed mainly on grasses and herbs, supplementing these with twigs, buds, bark and field cro...
Biology and health sciences
Lagomorphs
Animals
322376
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20succession
Ecological succession
Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time. The process of succession occurs either after the initial colonization of a newly created habitat, or after a disturbance substantially alters a pre-existing habitat. Succession that begins in new habitats, un...
Biology and health sciences
Ecology
Biology
322553
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysm
Aneurysm
An aneurysm is an outward bulging, likened to a bubble or balloon, caused by a localized, abnormal, weak spot on a blood vessel wall. Aneurysms may be a result of a hereditary condition or an acquired disease. Aneurysms can also be a nidus (starting point) for clot formation (thrombosis) and embolization. As an aneurys...
Biology and health sciences
Injury
null
322562
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trionychidae
Trionychidae
Trionychidae is a family of turtles, commonly known as softshell turtles or simply softshells. The family was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can adapt to living in highly brackish waters. Members of this family occur in Africa, Asia...
Biology and health sciences
Turtles
Animals
322578
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback%20sea%20turtle
Leatherback sea turtle
The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights of . It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochely...
Biology and health sciences
Turtles
Animals
322604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamidae
Agamidae
Agamidae is a family containing 64 genera, 582 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards. Overview Phylogenetically, they may be sister to the Iguanidae, and have a similar appearance. Agamids usually have...
Biology and health sciences
Iguania
Animals
322628
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basiliscus%20%28lizard%29
Basiliscus (lizard)
Basiliscus is a genus of large corytophanid lizards, commonly known as basilisks, which are endemic to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The genus contains four species, which are commonly known as the Jesus Christ lizard, or simply the Jesus lizard, due to their ability to run across water ...
Biology and health sciences
Iguania
Animals
322654
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactyloidae
Dactyloidae
Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles () and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay. Instead of treating it as a family, some authorities prefer to treat it as a subfamily, Dactyloinae, of the family Iguanidae. In the past they were included in...
Biology and health sciences
Iguania
Animals
322664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanidae
Iguanidae
The Iguanidae is a family of lizards composed of the iguanas, chuckwallas, and their prehistoric relatives, including the widespread green iguana. Taxonomy Iguanidae is thought to be the sister group to the collared lizards (family Crotaphytidae); the two groups likely diverged during the Late Cretaceous, as that is ...
Biology and health sciences
Iguania
Animals
322730
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibamidae
Dibamidae
Dibamidae or blind skinks is a family of lizards characterized by their elongated cylindrical body and an apparent lack of limbs. Female dibamids are entirely limbless and the males retain small flap-like hind limbs, which they use to grip their partner during mating. They have a rigidly fused skull, lack pterygoid tee...
Biology and health sciences
Lizards and other Squamata
Animals
322739
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacertidae
Lacertidae
The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at about 360 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group of reptiles found in Europe. Habitat The European and Mediterranean species of lacertids live...
Biology and health sciences
Lizards and other Squamata
Animals
322882
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teiidae
Teiidae
Teiidae is a family of Lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnopthalmidae, and both families comprise the Teiioidea. The Teiidae includes several parthenogenic species – ...
Biology and health sciences
Lizards and other Squamata
Animals
322886
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylidae
Cordylidae
Cordylidae is a family of small- to medium-sized lizards that occur in southern and eastern Africa. They are commonly known as girdled lizards, spinytail lizards, or girdle-tail lizards. Cordylidae is closely related to the family Gerrhosauridae, occurring in Africa and Madagascar. These two scientific families of liz...
Biology and health sciences
Lizards and other Squamata
Animals
323221
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20dog
Sun dog
A sun dog (or sundog) or mock sun, also called a parhelion (plural parhelia) in atmospheric science, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun. Two sun dogs often flank the Sun within a 22° halo. The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refr...
Physical sciences
Atmospheric optics
Earth science
14447311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa%20cabbage
Napa cabbage
Napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, or Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group) is a type of Chinese cabbage originating near the Beijing region of China that is widely used in East Asian cuisine. Since the 20th century, it has also become a widespread crop in Europe, the Americas, and Australia. In much of the world...
Biology and health sciences
Leafy vegetables
Plants
10802532
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotheriidae is an extinct family of herbivorous perissodactyl mammals that inhabited Europe, with less abundant remains also known from Asia, from the mid-Eocene to the early Oligocene. They are classified in Equoidea, along with the living family Equidae (which includes zebras, horses and asses). Morphology Pala...
Biology and health sciences
Perissodactyla
Animals
10802893
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoceratidae
Protoceratidae
Protoceratidae is an extinct family of herbivorous North American artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates) that lived during the Eocene through Pliocene. While early members of the group were hornless, in later members males developed elaborate cranial ornamentation. They are variously allied with Ruminantia or Tylopoda. Cl...
Biology and health sciences
Other artiodactyla
Animals
1519419
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo%20%28watercourse%29
Arroyo (watercourse)
An arroyo ( (from Spanish arroyo (, "brook"))) or wash is a dry watercourse that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain. Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms. It's akin to the Catalan rambla, which stems from the Arabic rámla, "dry river". Similar landforms are referred t...
Physical sciences
Hydrology
Earth science
1520435
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20seadragon
Common seadragon
The common seadragon or weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) is a marine fish of the order Syngnathiformes, which also includes the similar pipefishes, seahorses, and trumpetfishes among other species. Adult common seadragons are a reddish colour, with yellow and purple striped markings; they have small, leaf-lik...
Biology and health sciences
Acanthomorpha
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean%20plate
Caribbean plate
The Caribbean plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America. Roughly in area, the Caribbean plate borders the North American plate, the South American plate, the Nazca plate and the Cocos plate. These borders are regions of intense se...
Physical sciences
Tectonic plates
Earth science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon%20Canis%20Majoris
Epsilon Canis Majoris
Epsilon Canis Majoris is a binary star system and the second-brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinised from ε Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Epsilon CMa or ε CMa. This is the 22nd-brightest star in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 1.50. About 4.7 mi...
Physical sciences
Notable stars
Astronomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20horizon
Soil horizon
A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath. Horizons are defined in many cases by obvious physical features, mainly colour and texture. These may be described both in absolute terms (particle size distribution f...
Physical sciences
Soil science
Earth science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracture%20%28geology%29
Fracture (geology)
A fracture is any separation in a geologic formation, such as a joint or a fault that divides the rock into two or more pieces. A fracture will sometimes form a deep fissure or crevice in the rock. Fractures are commonly caused by stress exceeding the rock strength, causing the rock to lose cohesion along its weakest...
Physical sciences
Structural geology
Earth science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20color
Secondary color
A secondary color is a color made by mixing two primary colors of a given color model in even proportions. Combining two secondary colors in the same manner produces a tertiary color. Secondary colors are special in traditional color theory, but have no special meaning in color science. Overview Primary color In tra...
Physical sciences
Basics
Physics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphead%20wrasse
Humphead wrasse
The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands. Description The hum...
Biology and health sciences
Acanthomorpha
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros
Diospyros
Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark timber, are commonly known as ebony trees, while others are valued for their fruit...
Biology and health sciences
Ericales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espalier
Espalier
Espalier ( or ) is the horticultural and ancient agricultural practice of controlling woody plant growth for the production of fruit, by pruning and tying branches to a frame. Plants are frequently shaped in formal patterns, flat against a structure such as a wall, fence, or trellis, and also plants which have been sha...
Technology
Horticulture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20rhinoceros
White rhinoceros
The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 16,803 wil...
Biology and health sciences
Perissodactyla
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic%20crust
Oceanic crust
Oceanic crust is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates. It is composed of the upper oceanic crust, with pillow lavas and a dike complex, and the lower oceanic crust, composed of troctolite, gabbro and ultramafic cumulates. The crust overlies the rigid uppermost layer of the mantle. The crust...
Physical sciences
Tectonics
Earth science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria%E2%80%93Megler%20Bridge
Astoria–Megler Bridge
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through-truss bridge in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that spans the lower Columbia River. It carries a section of U.S. Route 101 from Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington. Opened in 1966, it is the longest continuous truss bridge i...
Technology
Bridges
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus is a genus of armored dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in geological formations dating to the very end of the Cretaceous Period, about 68–66 million years ago, in western North America, making it among the last of the non-avian dinosaurs. It was named by Barnum Brown in 1908; it is monotypic, containi...
Biology and health sciences
Ornitischians
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47%20Tucanae
47 Tucanae
47 Tucanae or 47 Tuc (also designated as NGC 104 and Caldwell 106) is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about from Earth, and 120 light years in diameter. 47 Tuc can be seen with the naked eye, with an apparent magnitude of 4.1. It appears about 44 arcminutes across including its far outrea...
Physical sciences
Notable star clusters
Astronomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%206946
NGC 6946
NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. Its distance from Earth is about 25.2 million light-years or 7.72 megaparsecs, similar...
Physical sciences
Notable galaxies
Astronomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20water%20dragon
Chinese water dragon
Physignathus cocincinus is a species of agamid lizard native to southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. It is commonly known as the Chinese water dragon, Indochinese water dragon, Asian water dragon, Thai water dragon, or green water dragon. Chinese water dragons are large diurnal lizards adapted for dense subtrop...
Biology and health sciences
Iguania
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20dating
Relative dating
Relative dating is the science of determining the relative order of past events (i.e., the age of an object in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age (i.e., estimated age). In geology, rock or superficial deposits, fossils and lithologies can be used to correlate one stratigraphic co...
Physical sciences
Geochronology
Earth science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belostomatidae
Belostomatidae
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. There are abou...
Biology and health sciences
Hemiptera (true bugs)
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparasitic
Antiparasitic
Antiparasitics are a class of medications which are indicated for the treatment of parasitic diseases, such as those caused by helminths, amoeba, ectoparasites, parasitic fungi, and protozoa, among others. Antiparasitics target the parasitic agents of the infections by destroying them or inhibiting their growth; they a...
Biology and health sciences
Antiparasitic
Health
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20dodecahedron
Regular dodecahedron
A regular dodecahedron or pentagonal dodecahedron is a dodecahedron composed of regular pentagonal faces, three meeting at each vertex. It is an example of Platonic solids, described as cosmic stellation by Plato in his dialogues, and it was used as part of Solar System proposed by Johannes Kepler. However, the regular...
Mathematics
Three-dimensional space
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacocephala
Thylacocephala
The Thylacocephala (from the Greek or , meaning "pouch", and or meaning "head") are group of extinct probable mandibulate arthropods, that have been considered by some researchers as having possible crustacean affinities. As a class they have a short research history, having been erected in the early 1980s. They ty...
Biology and health sciences
Fossil arthropods
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limb%20%28anatomy%29
Limb (anatomy)
A limb (from Old English lim, meaning "body part") is a jointed, muscled appendage of a tetrapod vertebrate animal used for weight-bearing, terrestrial locomotion and physical interaction with other objects. The distalmost portion of a limb is known as its extremity. The limbs' bony endoskeleton, known as the appendicu...
Biology and health sciences
External anatomy and regions of the body
Biology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20water%20buffalo
Wild water buffalo
The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the remaining population totals less than 4,000. A population decline of at le...
Biology and health sciences
Bovidae
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Flash%20Storage
Universal Flash Storage
Universal Flash Storage (UFS) is a flash storage specification for digital cameras, mobile phones and consumer electronic devices. It was designed to bring higher data transfer speed and increased reliability to flash memory storage, while reducing market confusion and removing the need for different adapters for diffe...
Technology
Non-volatile memory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20citrate
Sodium citrate
Sodium citrate may refer to any of the sodium salts of citric acid (though most commonly the third): Monosodium citrate Disodium citrate Trisodium citrate The three forms of salt are collectively known by the E number E331. Applications Food Sodium citrates are used as acidity regulators in food and drinks, and a...
Physical sciences
Citrates
Chemistry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth
Mouth
The mouth is the body orifice through which many animals ingest food and vocalize. The body cavity immediately behind the mouth opening, known as the oral cavity (or in Latin), is also the first part of the alimentary canal, which leads to the pharynx and the gullet. In tetrapod vertebrates, the mouth is bounded on th...
Biology and health sciences
Digestive system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosella
Rosella
Rosellas are in a genus that consists of six species and nineteen subspecies. These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly s...
Biology and health sciences
Psittaciformes
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareiasauria
Pareiasauria
Pareiasaurs (meaning "cheek lizards") are an extinct clade of large, herbivorous parareptiles. Members of the group were armoured with osteoderms which covered large areas of the body. They first appeared in southern Pangea during the Middle Permian, before becoming globally distributed during the Late Permian. Pareias...
Biology and health sciences
Parareptilia
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20shrimp%20farming
Marine shrimp farming
Marine shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns for human consumption. Although traditional shrimp farming has been carried out in Asia for centuries, large-scale commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly to match the market d...
Technology
Aquaculture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater%20prawn%20farming
Freshwater prawn farming
A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawns or shrimp for human consumption. Freshwater prawn farming shares many characteristics with, and many of the same problems as, marine shrimp farming. Unique problems are introduced by the developmental life cycle of the m...
Technology
Aquaculture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reyn
Reyn
In fluid dynamics, the reyn is a British unit of dynamic viscosity, named in honour of Osbourne Reynolds, for whom the Reynolds number is also named. Conversions By definition, 1 reyn = 1 lbf s in−2. It follows that the relation between the reyn and the poise is approximately 1 reyn = 6.89476 × 104 P. In SI units, vi...
Physical sciences
Viscosity
Basics and measurement