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  2. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    While in other countries this word means "insolence", [13] in Puerto Rico it has an entirely different meaning and is used to describe that something is good, fun, funny, great or beautiful. [14] corillo Friend, or group of friends. [9] dura Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [3]

  3. Appendix (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The longest appendix ever removed was 26 cm (10 in) long. [3] The appendix is usually located in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen, near the right hip bone. The base of the appendix is located 2 cm (0.79 in) beneath the ileocecal valve that separates the large intestine from the small

  4. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    The word aujourd'hui / au jour d'hui is translated as 'today', but originally means "on the day of today" since the now obsolete hui means "today". The expression au jour d'aujourd'hui (translated as "on the day of today") is common in spoken language and demonstrates that the original construction of aujourd'hui is lost. It is considered a ...

  5. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith exercising, I swear!" to which the response given would be something like, "Yeah right, and cows fly".

  6. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    Ileum, caecum and colon of rabbit, showing Appendix vermiformis on fully functional caecum The human vermiform appendix on the vestigial caecum. The appendix was once believed to be a vestige of a redundant organ that in ancestral species had digestive functions, much as it still does in extant species in which intestinal flora hydrolyze cellulose and similar indigestible plant materials. [10]

  7. Talk:Appendix (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    maybe this is connected before birth, it is not like parasitic connection with the mother since intestine do serve alike parasite system, like when we grow up nutrients are from intestine too, it like "heals" inside the tummy or belly, when the child is ready for food other than mothers breast milk this navel and appendix are completely healed and independent with each other 103.224.94.24 09: ...

  8. List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin - Wikipedia

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    This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.

  9. Talk:Appendix - Wikipedia

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    The appendix occurs in man, a few mammals such as rabbits and Old World porcupines, and books. I am laughing too hard to remove it :(. life is not waht it seems with take out with extra appendixs. My mate Dazla got a busted appendix the other day, it exploded all over the place and put all poisonous stuff in his bowls.