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  2. Xenomorph - Wikipedia

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    The xenomorph's design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph titled Necronom IV and refined for the series's first film, Alien. The practical effects for the xenomorph's head were designed and constructed by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi. Species design and life cycle have been ...

  3. Xenomorph (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Xenomorph of quartz crystals (grey) in granite. In geology, a xenomorph or allotriomorph is a mineral that did not develop its otherwise typical external crystal form because of late crystallization between earlier formed crystals. Xenomorphs are typical of matrix minerals in rapidly crystallizing volcanic lavas and shallow igneous intrusions.

  4. Parasites in fiction - Wikipedia

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    A 1990s gargoyle at Paisley Abbey resembling a Xenomorph [28] parasitoid from Alien [29] The Xenomorph in Alien is a parasitoid, inevitably fatal to its human host. It has a life-cycle stage that grows inside the person's body; when mature, the predatory adult Xenomorph bursts out, killing the host.

  5. Everything we know about 'Alien: Earth,' which brings the ...

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    As the title suggests, the 2025 TV series brings the xenomorphs to Earth. The films often mention that if the deadly creatures make it to Earth, it will be game over for the human race.

  6. List of Alien (franchise) characters - Wikipedia

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    The Offspring (Robert Bobroczkyi) is a Xenomorph-human hybrid born on Corbelan IV after Kay injects herself with a serum, causing her unborn baby to transform into the offspring. After he is born, the offspring injures Andy and attacks Rain, who lures him into a cargo bay and eject the bay into the rings of LV-410, killing the Offspring.

  7. Euhedral and anhedral - Wikipedia

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    As a crystal grows, new atoms attach easily to the rougher and less stable parts of the surface, but less easily to the flat, stable surfaces. Therefore, the flat surfaces tend to grow larger and smoother, until the whole crystal surface consists of these plane surfaces. (See diagram.)

  8. Xenophyophorea - Wikipedia

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    Xenophyophorea / ˌ z ɛ n ə ˌ f aɪ ə ˈ f oʊ r iː ə / is a clade of foraminiferans.Xenophyophores are multinucleate unicellular organisms found on the ocean floor throughout the world's oceans, at depths of 500 to 10,600 metres (1,600 to 34,800 ft).

  9. The Clitoris And The Body - The Huffington Post

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.