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1takin — /tah kin, keen/, n. a mountain dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox. [1840 50; alleged to be < Mishmi (Tibeto Burman language of a… …
2European Hamster — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …
3Chattering Kingfisher — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] …
4Gibberbird — Taxobox name = Gibberbird status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Meliphagidae genus = Ashbyia genus authority = North 1911 species = A. lovensis binomial = Ashbyia… …
5fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …
6Eastern epistemology — Jain EpistemologyAccording to Jain epistemology, reality is multifaceted ( anekanta , or non one sided ), such that no finite set of statements can capture the entire truth about the objects they describe. The Jain list of pramanas (valid sources …
7Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
8dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
9environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
10gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …
