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The corresponding Latin antonym, ars, is the source of English art, which is not an antonym of inert. Inflammable Flammable Synonym. From Latin flammare meaning "to catch fire". Inflammable is from Latin inflammare meaning "to cause to catch fire". Antonym is nonflammable. [4] Innocent Nocent Rare. Means "harmful". Innocuous Nocuous Uncommon [5 ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [1] [2] enantionymy (enantio-means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.
Pulchrana mangyanum inhabits and breeds in undisturbed and disturbed streams and rivers in lower montane and lowland forests at elevations below 700 m (2,300 ft). [1] Males call perched on rocks or ledges, or concealed within grassy edges of banks, always within a half a meter of the stream's edge. [ 2 ]
The plant rarely exceeds 60 centimeters (approx. 2 ft) in height; select, undisturbed specimens may reach 1.22-1.5 m (between 4-5 ft). [1] A. ramosissimum's validity as a distinct species has also been debated; [1] it has been treated as both a variety and a subspecies of A. dichotomum. [2]
Synonyms [2] Micrurus frontalis diana ... The preferred natural habitat of M. diana is undisturbed forest, at altitudes of 240–700 m (790–2,300 ft). [1]
Anolis biporcatus, also known as the neotropical green anole or giant green anole, is a species of anole. [2] It is found in forests, both disturbed and undisturbed, in Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela.
Old-growth European beech forest in Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro. An old-growth forest [a] or primary forest is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.