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Skull: Encyclopedia - Skull
A skull, or cranium, is a bony structure of Craniates which serves as the general framework for a head. The skull supports the structures...
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Craniometry: Encyclopedia - Craniometry
Craniometry is the technique of measuring the bones of the skull. Craniometry was once intensively practiced in anthropology/ethnology.
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Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull - Humans
In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 28 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by...
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Basilar Skull Fracture: Encyclopedia - Basilar Skull Fracture
A basilar skull fracture (or "Basal skull fracture") is a linear fracture involving the base of the skull.
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Morphology: Encyclopedia - Morphology
Morphology may mean:
Morphology (linguistics), the study of the structure of word forms.
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Yiddish Morphology: Encyclopedia - Yiddish Morphology
Yiddish morphology is the morphology of the Yiddish language. It bears many similarities to that of German and has received some influenc...
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Human: Encyclopedia - Human
Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian...
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Urban Morphology: Encyclopedia - Urban Morphology
Urban morphology means the physical form of a city, which consists of street patterns, building sizes and shapes, architecture, and densi...
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit: Encyclopedia - Black-tailed Jackrabbit
The Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) is the common hare of the western United States and Mexico, found at elevations of up to...
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Human Evolution: Encyclopedia - Human Evolution
Human evolution is the process of change and development, or evolution, by which human beings emerged as a distinct species. It is the su...
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Great Northern Diver: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Northern Diver - Morphology Of The Skull
View 3D computed tomographic (CT) animations of the common loon skull -- both inside and out -- at DigiMorph.org
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Humanism: Encyclopedia - Humanism
Humanism is a broad category of active ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on our ability to dete...
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Crystal Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Crystal Skull - Mitchell-hedges Skull
Perhaps the best-known crystal skull, the Mitchell-Hedges skull, is currently in the possession of Anna Mitchell-Hedges. Her father F.A. ...
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Skull Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Symbolism - Examples
The Neanderthals painted the skulls of their respectfully buried dead with red ochre coloring (see Shanidar): a transfusion to carry its ...
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Craniometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Craniometry - Classification
Human skulls can be classified into three main categories based on cephalic index:
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Skull And Bones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Bones - Nicknames
On an initiate's first day in Bones they are assigned a name, which they will be known as for the rest of their life. Names that are regu...
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Skull Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Symbolism - Popular Culture
The symbolic image of the skull permeates the Indiana Jones movies to such an extent that skulls become décor—and even comic relief wh...
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Skull And Crossbones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Crossbones - Uses
Today, the skull and crossbones is still the only standard symbol for poison. It is, however, less common outside industrial usage than i...
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Red Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Skull - Character Biography / Publication History
The Red Skull, Johann Schmidt, was a former Nazi general officer and confidante of Adolf Hitler. He has been closely affiliated with HYDR...
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Craniosynostosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Craniosynostosis - Normal Skull Development
In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 28 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by...
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Skull Fracture: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Fracture - Linear Fracture
Linear skull fractures, the most common type of skull fracture, occur in 62% of patients with severe head injury (Gilbert, 1990; Graham a...
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Bulk And Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Bulk And Skull - Power Rangers: Turbo
At the start of Power Rangers: Turbo, Bulk and Skull got a chance to rejoin the Police Force when Detective Stone went to replace Ernie a...
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Skull And Bones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Bones - Deer Island
Deer Island (44°21′41″N, 75°54′24″W) is a privately owned island retreat owned by Skull and Bones' Russell Trust Association. I...
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Skull And Bones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Bones - Known Members
Both two-term President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry (Democratic candidate who lost the 2004 Presidential election to Bush) are ...
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Tetrapod: Encyclopedia Ii - Tetrapod - Skull
The most notable characteristic that makes an amphibian skull different from a fishes' are the relative frontal and rear portion lengths....
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Red Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Skull - Powers And Abilities
The Red Skull had no superhuman abilities. He was a highly gifted strategist and political mastermind. When The Red Skull acquired the cl...
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Skull Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Island - In King Kong 1933 Film
In its first inception in King Kong, Skull Island is a long-forgotten island, located at approximately at 90 degrees East and 2 degrees S...
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Cap And Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Cap And Skull - Class Of 2006 Revealed
Cap and Skull's Class of 2006 was released early on their website for the first time in their history, as a result of the Rutgers Centuri...
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Skull And Crossbones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Crossbones - History Of The Symbol
In 1829 New York State required the labeling of all containers of poisonous substances. The skull and crossbones symbol appears to have b...
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Skull And Crossbones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Crossbones - History Of The Symbol
In 1829 New York State required the labeling of all containers of poisonous substances. The skull and crossbones symbol appears to have b...
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Bulk And Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Bulk And Skull - Power Rangers: In Space
During Power Rangers: In Space, Jerome Stone left the series and Bulk and Skull spent their time helping the rather loony Professor Pheno...
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Skull And Bones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Bones - Bonesman Socialization: Core Families Of Knights Versus Barbarians
Starting in 1833, each year one of the responsibilities of the cohort of fifteen seniors is to select fifteen new junior members to repla...
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Bulk And Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Bulk And Skull - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Bulk and Skull started out as bullies at Angel Grove High School and often hung out at the Youth Centre and Juice Bar. Their actions are ...
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Skull And Bones: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull And Bones - The U.s. Branch Of A German Secret Society
Some people say that Skull and Bones is a U.S. chapter of an early 1800s German secret society. Those who have broken into the Bones “T...
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Bulk And Skull: Encyclopedia Ii - Bulk And Skull - Power Rangers: Wild Force
During the Power Rangers: Wild Force episode Forever Red, Bulk and Skull made a special cameo appearance. It is not explained how Bulk re...
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Skull Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Island - In Braindead 1992 Film
In the 1992 film Braindead, Skull Island is seen as a relatively barren place off the coast of Sumatra with very little foliage and rocky...
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Gx Pilots: Encyclopedia Ii - Gx Pilots - The Skull
A Legend Raised from the Grave
The Skull's real name is Sterling LaVaughn (Arbin Gordon in the Japanese version of F-Zero). The Skull was...
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Skull & Bones Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull & Bones Album - Track Listing
Skull & Bones album - Skull Disc 1.
"Intro" (Muggerud) - 1:52
"Another Victory" (Freese/Muggerud) - 3:11
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Skull Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Island - In King Kong 2005 Film
The Skull Island of 2005's King Kong is very similar to that of the 1933 film. It is once again a long-forgotten place, noted as being "f...
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Prescott Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - Prescott Bush - Skull And Bones
On May 18, 1916 he was selected to join the exclusive society Skull and Bones. Other new "bonesmen" chosen that year were E. Roland Harri...
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Prescott Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - Prescott Bush - Skull And Bones
On May 18, 1916 he was selected to join the exclusive society Skull and Bones. Other new "bonesmen" chosen that year were E. Roland Harri...
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Skull Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Skull Island - In The Curse Of Monkey Island 1997 Video Game
In the 1997 adventure game The Curse of Monkey Island, Skull Island is home to the infamous smuggler known as "King André".
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Craniometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Craniometry - Racial Difference In Brain Size
In his 1839 Crania Americana, anthropologist Samuel George Morton reported that the mean cranial capacity of the skulls of Whites was 87 ...
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Hitler's Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler's Death - Skull And Jaw Fragments
A skull fragment had also been recovered from the Führerbunker and it was found to contain a single bullet hole, most likely from a 7.65...
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Marozi: Encyclopedia Ii - Marozi - Skin And Skull
Inspections of the Trent specimen conducted up till 1937 (now found in the Natural History Museum in London) have generally yielded the f...
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Organizations In The Warcraft Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Organizations In The Warcraft Universe - Laughing Skull Clan
The Laughing Skull clan was a very deceptive and treacherous Draenor clan that was distrusted by most of the other clans. Though it assis...
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Craniometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Craniometry - Scientific Research Throughout History
In 1764, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton published a noteworthy contribution to craniometry: Mémoire sur les differences de la situation du g...
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Minor Characters In Monkey Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Characters In Monkey Island - Murray The Demonic Talking Skull
Murray the Talking Skull was formerly a member of the Dread Pirate LeChuck's skeleton (literally) crew; Guybrush Threepwood meets him at ...
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Brodmann Area 10: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 10 - Morphological Comparisons
Casts taken from the inside of skull of 'Flo', the female Homo floresiensis designated LB1, revealed significant enlargement of Brodmann'...
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Lion: Encyclopedia Ii - Lion - Attacks On Humans
While a hungry lion will probably attack a human that passes near, some (usually male) lions seem to seek out human prey. Some of the mor...
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Irish Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Morphology - Numbers
Irish morphology - Cardinal numbers.
There are three kinds of cardinal numbers in Irish: disjunctive numbers, nonhuman conjunctive numb...
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Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphology And Development
Insects range in size from less than a millimeter to over 18 centimeters (some walkingsticks) in length. Insects possess segmented bodies...
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Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Insect - Morphology And Development
Insects range in size from less than a millimeter to over 18 centimeters (some walkingsticks) in length. Insects possess segmented bodies...
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Emperor Penguin: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Penguin - Morphology Of The Emperor Penguin Skeleton
View 3D computed tomographic (CT) animations of the skeleton of a newborn emperor penguin and the skull of an adult, and learn more about...
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Human Skeleton: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Skeleton - Organization
One way to group the bones of the human skeleton is to divide them into two groups, namely the axial skeleton and the appendicular skelet...
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Emperor Penguin: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Penguin - Morphology Of The Emperor Penguin Skeleton
View 3D computed tomographic (CT) animations of the skeleton of a newborn emperor penguin and the skull of an adult, and learn more about...
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Digenea: Encyclopedia Ii - Digenea - Morphology
Digenea - Key features.
Characteristic features of the digenea include a tegument. They possess a vermiform, unsegmented body-plan.
The...
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Morphology Linguistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphology Linguistics - Morphological Typology
See the main article, morphological typology
In the 19th century, philologists devised a now classic classification of languages in terms...
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Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ant - Morphology
Ants are distinguished from other insects by the combination of elbowed antennae, a strongly constricted second abdominal segment forming...
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Morphology Linguistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphology Linguistics - Models Of Morphology
There are three major families of approaches to morphology, which try to capture the distinctions above in different ways. These are:
Mo...
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Termite: Encyclopedia Ii - Termite - Appearance And Morphology
Termites do not physically resemble ants; their "white ant" name is probably due to their similar size and social habits.
Termites have b...
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Carrier Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Carrier Language - Morphology
Carrier nouns are inflected for possession and number. Possession is marked by prefixation as well, in some cases, as changes in the noun...
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Yiddish Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yiddish Morphology - Articles
The definite article agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun it is used with.
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Termite: Encyclopedia Ii - Termite - Appearance And Morphological Behaviour
Termites do not physically resemble ants; their "white ant" name is probably due to their similar size and social habits.
Termites have b...
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Yiddish Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yiddish Morphology - Nominals
Adjectives, but not most nouns, are inflected for case as well as gender and number. While attributive adjectives—that is, those that d...
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Welsh Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Welsh Morphology - The Article
Welsh has no indefinite article. The definite article, which precedes the words it modifies and whose usage differs little from that of E...
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Welsh Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Welsh Morphology - Nouns
Like most other Indo-European languages, all nouns belong to a certain grammatical gender; in this case, masculine or feminine. Aside fro...
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Welsh Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Welsh Morphology - Verbs
In Welsh, the majority of tenses make use of an auxiliary verb, usually bod 'to be'. Its conjugation is dealt with in Irregular Verbs bel...
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Irish Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Morphology - Pronouns
Irish morphology - Personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns in Irish do not inflect for case, but there are three different sets of pronoun...
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Old English Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Old English Morphology - Nouns
Old English nouns were declined – that is, the ending of the noun changed to reflect its function in the sentence. There were five majo...
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Old English Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Old English Morphology - Verbs
Verbs in Old English are divided into strong or weak verbs. For a fuller discussion of these, see Germanic weak verb and West Germanic st...
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Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology.
Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance & Human height
Humans exhi...
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Morphological Typology: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphological Typology - Analytic Languages
In analytic languages there are little or no morphological changes. Words tend not to be inflected. Grammatical categories are indicated ...
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Bengali Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Bengali Language - Morphology
There is no grammatical gender in Bangla. Adjectival morphology is light, while nouns and verbs are highly inflected.
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Morphological Typology: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphological Typology - Synthetic Languages
In synthetic languages, words are formed by a root and a number of morphemes added to it. The morphemes might or might not be distinguish...
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Morphological Typology: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphological Typology - Polysynthetic Languages
In 1836, Wilhelm von Humboldt added a third category: polysynthetic languages. (The term polysynthesis was first used in linguistics by P...
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Irish Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Morphology - Inflected Prepositions
As the object of a preposition, a pronoun is fused with the preposition; one speaks here of "inflected" or "conjugated" prepositions.
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Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology.
Main articles: Human anatomy, and Human physical appearance, and Human height,
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Old English Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Old English Morphology - Determiners
Old English had two main determiners: se, which could function as both 'the' or 'that', and þes for 'this'.
Modern English 'that' descen...
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Old English Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Old English Morphology - Adjectives
Adjectives in Old English are declined using the same categories as nouns: five cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, and inst...
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Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology.
Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance, and Human height
Human body types varies subst...
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Inuktitut: Encyclopedia Ii - Inuktitut - Morphology And Syntax
See Inuit language morphology and syntax for a detailed description specific to Nunavut Inuktitut.
Inuktitut, like other Eskimo-Aleut lan...
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Amoebozoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Amoebozoa - Morphology
The cell is typically divided into a granular central mass, called endoplasm, and a clear outer layer, called ectoplasm. During locomotio...
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Welsh Morphology: Encyclopedia Ii - Welsh Morphology - Initial Consonant Mutation
Initial consonant mutation is a phenomenon common to all Celtic languages. The first consonant sound of a word in Welsh may change depend...
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Irkens: Encyclopedia Ii - Irkens - Irken Morphology
In Irken morphology all Irkens are cyborgs, having Standard-Issue Irken Utility Packs, or PAKs installed directly after birth. The PAKs p...
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Rhizocephala: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhizocephala - Morphology
Rhizocephalans are derived from barnacles, a relationship which is unrecognisable from the adult forms, but can be seen by comparison of ...
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Ostracod: Encyclopedia Ii - Ostracod - Morphology
The body of an ostracod is encased by two valves, which together form the duplicature. A distinction is made between the valve (hard part...
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Morphology Linguistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphology Linguistics - Important Concepts
Morphology linguistics - Lexemes and word forms.
The word "word" is ambiguous in common usage. To take up again the example of dog vs. ...
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Aegyptopithecus: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegyptopithecus - Morphology
Aegyptopithecus zeuxis was a species that had a dental formula of 2:1:2:3 on both the upper and lower jaws, with the lower molars increas...
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Anatomy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatomy - Human Anatomy
From a utilitarian point of view the study of humans is the most important division of special anatomy, and this human anatomy may be app...
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Aorist: Encyclopedia Ii - Aorist - Morphology
In Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, the aorist is marked by several morphological devices, but three stand out as most common.
Aorist - The s...
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Dinoflagellate: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinoflagellate - Morphology
Most dinoflagellates are unicellular forms with two dissimilar flagella. One of these extends towards the posterior, called the longitudi...
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Strawberry: Encyclopedia Ii - Strawberry - Morphology
The strawberry is an accessory fruit; that is, the fleshy part is derived not from the ovaries (which are the "seeds", actually achenes) ...
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Roundworm: Encyclopedia Ii - Roundworm - Morphology
Roundworms are triploblastic protostomes with a complete digestive system. Roundworms have no circulatory or respiratory systems so use d...
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Crystal Skull:
Mysticism
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Crystal Skull
CRYSTAL SKULL A replica of an ancient human skull hewn out of a single rock crystal and found by Anna Mitchell-Hedges in 1927 in the M...
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Morphology:
Oceanography Dictionary - Morphology
Definition and meaning of morphology:
morphology - a branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of org...
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Morphology:
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Morphology: Attributed to Hippocrates, this specialized form of massage targets specific digestive areas; massage is done in combinati...
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Coastal Morphology:
Oceanography Dictionary - Coastal Morphology
Definition and meaning of coastal morphology:
coastal morphology - the form and configuration of a coast
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Morphological Species:
Oceanography Dictionary - Morphological Species
Definition and meaning of morphological species:
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Dream Interpretation Skull: Dream Interpretation
Dictionary - Skull
Skull To dream of skulls grinning at you, is a sign of domestic quarrels and jars. Business will feel a shrinkage if you hand...
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