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  2. List of Fruits Basket characters - Wikipedia

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    The next characters Takaya developed were Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma, and of these Kyo was "the first character whose personality and looks really hit me...without any hesitation." [11] According to the Fruits Basket Character Book, she had Yuki dress in Chinese-style clothes because she likes them. [12]

  3. Spawning - Wikipedia

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    The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the developing eyes. Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, to spawn refers to the process of freely releasing eggs and sperm into a body of water (fresh or marine); the physical act is known as spawning. The vast majority of aquatic and ...

  4. First Fruits - Wikipedia

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    A less agricultural sort of First Fruits (primitiae in Latin) is the "Primice" as it is called in some languages, that is, the First Mass said by a newly ordained priest; it is customarily celebrated with special magnificence, and even, despite the literal meaning of "First Mass", repeated a limited amount of times. The first-fruits of such a ...

  5. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    Canada, Mexico, and the United States are home to a number of edible fruit; however, only three are commercially grown (grapes, cranberries, and blueberries). Many of the fruits below are still eaten locally as they have been for centuries and others are generating renewed interest by eco-friendly gardeners (less need for bug control) and chefs ...

  6. Ancient maritime history - Wikipedia

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    Maritime history dates back thousands of years. In ancient maritime history, [1] evidence of maritime trade between civilizations dates back at least two millennia. [2] The first prehistoric boats are presumed to have been dugout canoes which were developed independently by various Stone Age populations.

  7. List of brackish bodies of water - Wikipedia

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    Amazon River, empties so much freshwater into the Atlantic Ocean that it reduces the salinity of the sea for hundreds of kilometres; Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia. It is the drowned river valley of the Susquehanna River. It is the largest estuary in the United States.

  8. Deep-sea community - Wikipedia

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    For the deep-sea ecosystem, the death of a whale is the most important event. A dead whale can bring hundreds of tons of organic matter to the bottom. Whale fall community progresses through three stages: [32] Mobile scavenger stage: Big and mobile deep-sea animals arrive at the site almost immediately after whales fall on the bottom.

  9. Tethys Ocean - Wikipedia

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    First phase of the Tethys Ocean's forming: the (first) Tethys Sea starts dividing Pangaea into two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana.. The Tethys Ocean (/ ˈ t iː θ ɪ s, ˈ t ɛ-/ TEETH-iss, TETH-; Greek: Τηθύς Tēthús), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.