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51Peter and the Starcatchers — Infobox Book | name = Peter and the Starcatchers image caption = author = Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson illustrator = Greg Call language = English publisher = Hyperion Books for Children pub date = 2004 media type = Print (Hardback Paperback) pages …
52muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …
53photoreception — photoreceptive, adj. /foh toh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of light. [1905 10; PHOTO + RECEPTION] * * * Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one celled organisms such …
54Sea lemon — Taxobox name = Sea lemon image caption = Peltodoris nobilis regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Opisthobranchia subordo = Nudibranchia familia = Dorididae familia authority = Rafinesque, 1815 subdivision ranks = Genera …
55Seashell — A seashell, also known as a sea shell, is the common name for a hard, protective outer layer, a shell, or in some cases a test , that was created by a sea creature, a marine organism. The shell is part of the body of a marine animal, in most… …
56Onycha — This article is about the incense component. For the town in Alabama, see Onycha, Alabama. Onycha (Greek: ονυξ), along with equal parts of stacte, galbanum, and frankincense, was one of the components of the consecrated Ketoret (incense) which… …
57bitterling — /bit euhr ling/, n. a cyprinid fish, Rhodeus sericeus, found in central and eastern Europe, the female of which has a long, bright yellow or red ovipositor to deposit eggs in the mantle cavity of mussels. [1875 80; < G, equiv. to bitter BITTER +… …
58nervous system — Anat., Zool. 1. the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia. 2. a particular part of this system. Cf. autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, peripheral nervous… …
59Marine pharmacognosy — For many years, traditional Western pharmacognosy focused on the investigation and identification of medically important plants and animals in the terrestrial environment, although many marine organisms were used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.… …
60Mollusca — Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …
