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  2. List of one-eyed creatures in mythology and fiction - Wikipedia

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    Dajjal, a figure in Islam akin to the Antichrist, who has one eye; Duwa Sokhor, an ancestor of Genghis Khan, according to The Secret History of the Mongols, who had one eye in his forehead [1] Fachan, a creature from Celtic mythology with one eye, one arm and one leg; The Eye of Providence is a representation of Divine Providence

  3. Hectocotylus - Wikipedia

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    In argonauts, the male transfers the spermatophores to the female by putting its hectocotylus into a cavity in the mantle of the female, called the pallial cavity. This is the only contact the male and female have with each other during copulation, and it can be at a distance. During copulation, the hectocotylus breaks off from the male.

  4. Gongylonema pulchrum - Wikipedia

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    Gongylonema pulchrum was first named and presented with its own species by Molin in 1857. The first reported case was in 1850 by Dr. Joseph Leidy, when he identified a worm "obtained from the mouth of a child" from the Philadelphia Academy (however, an earlier case may have been treated in patient Elizabeth Livingstone in the seventeenth century [2]).

  5. List of fictional rodents in literature - Wikipedia

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    A female black squirrel who is a berserker. Rufe Brush: Brian Jacques: Mariel of Redwall & The Bellmaker: A young red squirrel who is somewhat taciturn, but proves to be a hero. Ruro: Brian Jacques: Lord Brocktree: A female squirrel who is part of a tribe that speaks using archaic words. Russa Nodrey: Brian Jacques: The Long Patrol: A nomadic ...

  6. Pouch (marsupial) - Wikipedia

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    Kangaroo joey inside the pouch Female eastern grey kangaroo with mature joey in pouch. The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials and monotremes, [1] [2] [3] and rarely in males as well, such as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine. The name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".

  7. Aye-aye - Wikipedia

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    The genus Daubentonia was named after the French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton by his student, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in 1795.Initially, Geoffroy considered using the Greek name Scolecophagus ("worm-eater") in reference to its eating habits, but he decided against it because he was uncertain about the aye-aye's habits and whether other related species might eventually be ...

  8. Cyclopes - Wikipedia

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    A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum. In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (/ s aɪ ˈ k l oʊ p iː z / sy-KLOH-peez; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; [1] singular Cyclops / ˈ s aɪ k l ɒ p s / SY-klops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. [2]

  9. Rhizocephala - Wikipedia

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    The network of threads is called the interna. The female then grows a sac-like externa, which consists of a mantle, a mantle cavity, an ovary and a pair of passageways known as cell receptacles, extruding from the abdomen of the host. [8] [9] [10] In the order Kentrogonida, the virgin externa contains no openings at first.