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  2. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    An enzyme that "scrambles" phospholipids between the inside and outside of the cell membrane. Slingshot homolog. Slit-Robo and the associated Netrin-Frazzled. SMURF1 and SMURF2, which interacts with Mothers against decapentaplegic 7. SM AD U biquitination R egulatory F actor 1/2. Son of Sevenless.

  3. List of animal names - Wikipedia

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    List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...

  4. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 September 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo Ahem Burp Chomp Cough Hiccup Hum Slurp Yawn Ow, Ouch Hawk Tuah Sounds made by ...

  5. Talking animals in fiction - Wikipedia

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    In the Qur’ān, animals are seen as gifts from God and thus are meant to serve humans. [5] Aside from a few animals being able to speak, they are never anthropomorphized, personified, or given names. [5] There are only a handful of times that animals speak in the Qur’ān and most of these occurrences happen in relation to Solomon. [5]

  6. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Parsecs are used in astronomy to measure interstellar distances. A parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years or about 3.086×10 16 m (1.917×10 13 mi). Combining it with the "atto-" prefix (×10 −18) yields attoparsec (apc), a conveniently human-scaled unit of about 3.086 centimetres (1.215 in) that is used only humorously.

  7. Names for the human species - Wikipedia

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    Lapouge, 1899. troglodytes. Linnaeus, 1758. wadjakensis. Dubois, 1921. In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens (Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been created to refer to various aspects of the human character. The common name of the human species in English is ...

  8. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    Algonquian (possibly Powhatan) or Abenaki and Wyandot. The common name derives from Algonquian muscascus ("it is red", due to its colour) or Abenaki mòskwas, with interference from English "musk", referring to its odor. The generic name derives from Wyandot ondathra, the name of the animal, via French.

  9. Lists of fictional animals - Wikipedia

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    List of fictional marsupials (kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, opossums, bandicoots, Tasmanian devils) List of fictional primates (lemurs, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, humans) Lists of characters in a fictional work (mostly people) List of fictional rabbits and hares. List of fictional rodents (mice, rats, beavers, squirrels ...