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llama
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A member of the camel family (Camelidae) found only in South America. The llama is an artiodactyl, or even-toed ungulate, with two toes on each foot. The upper lip is cleft and ...
ellipse
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A member of the class of curves that are intersections of a plane with a cone of revolution. The ellipse is obtained when the plane cuts all the elements of one nappe, and does ...
parabola
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A member of the class of curves that are intersections of a plane with a cone of revolution. It is obtained (see illustration ) when the cutting plane is parallel to an element ...
otter
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A member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, mink, ferrets, martens, sables, fishers, badgers, and wolverines. Otters are found worldwide except in Australia, ...
feldspathoid
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A member of the feldspathoid group of minerals. Members of this group are characterized by the following related features: (1) All are aluminosilicates with one or more of the ...
marmot
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A member of the genus Marmota in the squirrel family Sciuridae. Fourteen species occur mainly in mountainous areas in the northern hemisphere (see table ).
parainfluenza virus
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A member of the genus Paramyxovirus of the family Paramyxoviridae which is associated with a variety of respiratory illnesses. The virus particles range in size from 90 to 200 ...
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