Noxious+animals

  • 11Arche Noah — Noahs Einzug in die Arche, Hans Jordaens Die Arche Noah war nach dem biblischen Buch Genesis, Kapitel 6 EU–9 …

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  • 12Dick Whittington and His Cat — Richard Whittington and his Cat, from The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine,[1] London, 1808 Dick Whittington and His Cat is an English folk tale that has often been used as the basis for stage pantomimes and other adaptations. It… …

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  • 13Hura Crepitans — L. Sandbox tree (E); Castaneto (C); Acuapar (C); Ceiba amarilla (C); Nuno (D); Tronador (P) . the irritant latex is used as a barbasco and arrow poison, and is said to cause ailing teeth to fallout. the latex is used to treat skin diseases,… …

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  • 14vermin — [13] Vermin comes via Old French vermin from Vulgar Latin *vermīnum ‘noxious animals’, a derivative of Latin vermis ‘worm’. This came ultimately from Indo European *wrmi , which also produced English worm, and among the other contributions it has …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 15vermin — c.1300, noxious animals, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. vermin, from V.L. *verminum vermin, possibly including bothersome insects, collective noun formed from L. vermis worm (see WORM (Cf. worm)). Extended to low, obnoxious people by 1560s …

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  • 16vermin — n. sing. and pl. 1. Noxious animals (of small size). 2. Off scourings, riff raff, off scum, rabble, scum …

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  • 17premium — premium, prize, award, reward, meed, guerdon, bounty, bonus are comparable when they mean something which is bestowed upon a person as a recompense for cooperation, greater effort, superior merit, or supremacy in competition. Premium is applied… …

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  • 18culler — /ˈkʌlə/ (say kuluh) noun a professional shooter of noxious animals, especially deer …

  • 19vermin — [13] Vermin comes via Old French vermin from Vulgar Latin *vermīnum ‘noxious animals’, a derivative of Latin vermis ‘worm’. This came ultimately from Indo European *wrmi , which also produced English worm, and among the other contributions it has …

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  • 20nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction       system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …

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