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  2. Acorn - Wikipedia

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    The acorn is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus, Notholithocarpus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons (seedling leaves), enclosed in a tough shell known as the pericarp, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule .

  3. Acorn worm - Wikipedia

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    Acorn worm on the ocean floor. Most acorn worms range from 9 to 45 centimetres (3.5 to 17.7 in) in length, with the largest species, Balanoglossus gigas, reaching 1.5 metres (5 ft) or more. The body is made up of three main parts: an acorn-shaped proboscis, a short fleshy collar that lies behind it, and a long, worm-like trunk.

  4. Hemichordate - Wikipedia

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    The body of acorn worms is worm-shaped and divided into an anterior proboscis, an intermediate collar, and a posterior trunk. The proboscis is a muscular and ciliated organ used in locomotion and in the collection and transport of food particles. The mouth is located between the proboscis and the collar. The trunk is the longest part of the animal.

  5. Glans penis - Wikipedia

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    In male human anatomy, the glans penis or penile glans, [1] commonly referred to as the glans, (/ ɡ l æ n z /; from Latin glans meaning "acorn") [2] is the bulbous structure at the distal end of the human penis that is the human male's most sensitive erogenous zone and primary anatomical source of sexual pleasure.

  6. Barnacle - Wikipedia

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    The mating of acorn barnacles is described as pseudocopulation. [25] [29] The goose barnacle Pollicipes polymerus can alternatively reproduce by spermcasting, in which the male barnacle releases his sperm into the water, to be taken up by females. Isolated individuals always made use of spermcasting and sperm capture, as did a quarter of ...

  7. Balanoglossus - Wikipedia

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    Balanoglossus is a genus of ocean-dwelling acorn worms. It has zoological importance because, being hemichordates, they are an "evolutionary link" between invertebrates and vertebrates. Balanoglossus specimens are deuterostomes, and resemble the chordates in that they possess branchial openings. [1]

  8. Balanoglossus gigas - Wikipedia

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    Balanoglossus gigas are found off the coasts of the U.S. state of Georgia, [14] Brazil, [4] Cuba, and in the Gulf of Mexico. [1] [15] Like most acorn worms, B. gigas specimens prefer somewhat sheltered habitats with surface layers of fine sand lying above layers of fine to coarse gravel. [7]

  9. Acorn barnacle - Wikipedia

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    Acorn barnacle and acorn shell are vernacular names for certain types of stalkless barnacles, generally excluding stalked or gooseneck barnacles. As adults they are typically cone-shaped, symmetrical, and attached to rocks or other fixed objects in the ocean.