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noun
- large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organismal designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions
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noun - (context, zoology) the study of molluscs
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| Man |
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proper noun
- The genus Homo.
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| member |
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noun
- One who officially belongs to a group.
- A limb.
- The penis.
- (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
- (settheory) An element of a set.
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adjective - Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.
- Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.
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| microbiology |
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noun
- (biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.
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| microevolution |
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noun
- small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.
Includes corruptions, deletions and variations in genetic information but not the creation of new data.
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| modification |
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noun
- the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
- an alteration or adjustment to something
- a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
- (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
- (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)
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| Monera |
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proper noun
- (historical) a former taxonomic kingdom, within domain Prokaryota - the bacteria, blue-green algae and archebacteria
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| moniliform |
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adjective - Having a form resembling a string of beads, where the component parts or segments are more or less uniform in size and are spherical or rounded in shape.
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| morphology |
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noun (morphologi, es, -)
- (countable) The form and structure of something.
- (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.
- (uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function.
- (geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- (biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words.
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adjective - (biology) having the power to move spontaneously
- 1993: It seemed to him that, if there were a Holy Trinity as the churches taught, this must be unified through a manner of capillary action, Father merging into Son and both into Holy Ghost. So God is as the blood is. " Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
- (psychology) of, or related to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position
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| mount |
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noun
- A mountain, as in Mount Everest
- A horse used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
- The rider climbed onto his .
- The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division
- The General said he has 2,000 mounts.
verb
- To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- Antonym: dismount
- The rider mounted his horse.
- To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post
- Antonym: demount
- (computing) To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system.
- Antonyms: usually unmount, sometimes dismount, rarely demount
- To get on top of an animal to mate.
- (slang) to have sexual intercourse with someone, something.
- Synonyms - see WikiSaurus:sexual intercourse
- To begin a military assault
- The General gave the order to the attack.
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