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coxsackievirus
Science; General science
A large subgroup of the genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae. The coxsackieviruses produce various human illnesses, including aseptic meningitis, herpangina, ...
pecan
Science; General science
A large tree ( Carya illinoensis ) of the family Juglandaceae, and the nut from this tree. Native to valleys of the Mississippi River and tributaries as far north as Iowa, to ...
banana
Science; General science
A large tropical plant; also its edible fruit, which occurs in hanging clusters, is usually yellow when ripe, and is about 6–8 in. (15–20 cm) long. The banana belongs to the ...
charadriiformes
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A large, diverse, worldwide order of shore and aquatic birds found from dry plains to the open ocean, and from the tropics to the high latitudes. Charadriiformes may be closely ...
palaeonisciformes
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A large, extinct assemblage of primitive ray-finned (actinopterygian) fishes known from the Silurian to Cretaceous, which were most numerous in Carboniferous and Permian times. ...
pyroxene
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A large, geologically significant group of dark, rock-forming silicate minerals. Pyroxene is found in abundance in a wide variety of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Because of ...
craton
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A large, relatively stable portion of the Earth's crust. Although ocean basins originally were considered low cratons, today the term applies only to continents. Continental ...
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