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51family — fam·i·ly / fam lē, fa mə / n pl lies 1: a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption 2: a group of usu. related individuals who live together under common household authority and esp. who have reciprocal duties to each other ◇… …
52Spanish naming customs — In most Spanish speaking countries, people have two surnames. The first one is inherited from the father, the other from the mother. One exception of this is Argentina, where the system is more similar to the English one. Naming system in SpainIn …
53Rajput — constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India. They claim descent from ancient royal warrior dynasties of Kshatriyas. They are identified with the word Rajanya found in ancient Indian literature and trace their roots to Rajputana …
54tunicate — /tooh ni kit, kayt , tyooh /, n. 1. Zool. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water. adj. Also …
55chordate — /kawr dayt/, Zool. adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates. n. 2. a chordate animal. [1885 90; see CHORDATA] * * * Any member of… …
56stock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stem, bole, trunk; race, family; livestock, cattle; [gun] butt; capital; broth; merchandise, goods; raw materials; repertory; informal, belief. See ancestry, store, drama, provision, quantity. II… …
57Culture of Malta — The culture of Malta is the culture of the Maltese islanders and reflects various societies that have come into contact with the Maltese Islands throughout the centuries, including neighbouring Mediterranean cultures, and the cultures of the… …
58Macrodevelopment — is a biological hypothesis that proposes over millions of years the biosphere has nonlinearly unfolded taxa from generic forms to specific forms, in a manner analogous to the way in which a biological embryo develops in the womb. The theory was… …
59Steve Olson (writer) — About the Author = Steve Olson is a US writer who specializes in science, mathematics, and public policy. He is the author of two nonfiction trade books: Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins , which was nominated for the… …
60Gray Wolf — Taxobox name = Gray Wolf fossil range = Late Pleistocene Recent status = LC status system = iucn3.1 trend = stable status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Mech Boitani|year=2004|id=3746|title=Canis lupus|downloaded=2006 05 05 Database entry includes… …
