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millet
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A common name applied to at least five related members of the grass family grown for their edible seeds: foxtail millet ( Setaria italica ), proso millet ( Panicum miliaceum ), ...
monstrilloida
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A copepod order of crustaceans containing 122 species in five genera, Cymbasoma , Guanabaraenia , Monstrilla , Monstrillopsis , and Thaumatohessia ; Monstrillidae is the only ...
mormonilloida
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A copepod order of crustaceans containing four species. Mormonilla minor and M. phasma were described by Wilhelm Giesbrecht in the late 1800s; M. polaris and M. atlantica ...
misophrioida
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A copepod order of free-living crustaceans made up of 34 species in 16 genera and 3 families. Misophria pallida was the first species described, by Axel Boeck in 1865, from a ...
tendon
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A cord connecting a muscle to another structure, often a bone. A tendon is a passive material, lengthening when the tension increases and shortening when it decreases. This ...
clutch
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A coupling device which permits the engagement and disengagement of coupled shafts during rotation. There are four major types: positive, friction, hydraulic, and electromagnetic.
spelaeogriphacea
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A crustacean order within the class Malacostraca, superorder Peracarida. Few spelaeogriphacean species are known, four extant species and two supposed fossil species. ...
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