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Any living creature of the Kingdom Animalia constituting multi-celled organisms as well as single-celled organisms lacking chlorophyll and having the ability for spontaneous movement, such as protozoans.

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genetically modified mosquitoes

Animals; Insects

Mosquitoes with their genes modified to help prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and West Nile. These diseases kill more people than any other ...

tolmiea

Animals; Insects

Genus of one species of fast-spreading, herbaceous perennial from coniferous woodland in W. North America. Tolmiea (Piggyback plant) forms plantlets on the leaves if given medium ...

trachycarpus

Animals; Insects

Genus of 6 species of usually single-stemmed, sometimes clustering, dioecious, evergreen palms from temperate and mountain forest in subtropical Asia. A hardy fan palm that can ...

tradescantia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 65 species of creeping, trailing, or tuft-forming, fibrous- tuberous-rooted, evergreen perennials from woodland, scrub, or disturbed ground in North, Central, and ...

vallota

Animals; Insects

Genus of about single species of clump-forming, bulbous perennials from grassland to forest and cliffs in Africa. In spring plant the bulb firmly in a 5-7 in. pot, and leave the ...

vanda

Animals; Insects

Genus of 30-40 species of evergreen, epiphytic or epilytic monopoidal orchids found in exposed sites in shrub forest, from India to S.E. Asia and the Philippines, and south to ...

veltheimia

Animals; Insects

Genus of 2 species of bulbous perennials from grassy and rocky hillsides in South Africa.They are grown for their rosettes of thick, wavy leaves, and for their terminal racemes of ...

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