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  • 111malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …

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  • 112Sexual cannibalism — This article is about arthropod behavior; for the human psychological disorder see sexually motivated cannibalism Sexual cannibalism is a special case of cannibalism in which a female organism kills and consumes a male of the same species before …

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  • 113White-winged Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = White winged Fairy wren image caption = ssp. leuconotus Coolmunda Dam, nr Inglewood, Qld status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50686|title=Malurus&#8230; …

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  • 114Gender — This article is about the distinction between male and female entities and concepts. For other uses, see Gender (disambiguation). Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men …

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  • 115chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …

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  • 116Humpback whale — Humpback whale[1] …

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  • 117Anaconda — Taxobox name = Eunectes image caption = Green anaconda, E. murinus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Boidae subfamilia = Boinae genus = Eunectes genus&#8230; …

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  • 118Sumatran Rhinoceros — Hairy rhinoceros redirects here. For the extinct megafauna, see woolly rhinoceros. Sumatran Rhinoceros[1] Emi and Harapan, Sumatran Rhinos, in the Cincinnati Zoo …

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  • 119Monogamy — For the film, see Monogamy (film). Relationships …

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  • 120lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing&#8230; …

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