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101Annelid — Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Recent[1] …
102Poesía uranista — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los poetas uranistas fueron un pequeño grupo, un tanto clandestino, de escritores ingleses que estuvieron activos entre 1858 (cuando William Johnson Cory publicó Ionica) y 1930. Entre sus temas destaca la exaltación… …
103fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …
104homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… …
105milk — milkless, adj. /milk/, n. 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young. 2. this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by… …
106pheromone — pheromonal, adj. /fer euh mohn /, n. Animal Behav. any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species. [1959; < Gk phér(ein) to bear, bring + O + (HOR)MONE] * * *… …
107tunicate — /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 …
108steroid hormone — ▪ chemical compound any of a group of hormones that belong to the class of chemical compounds known as steroids; they are secreted by three “steroid glands” the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries and during pregnancy by the placenta. All… …
109Humoralism — In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of the eye. The humors were part of an ancient theory that held that health came from balance… …
110Polypeptide — A compound consisting of 2 or more amino acids. Amino acids make up polypeptides which, in turn, make up proteins. * * * A peptide formed by the union of an indefinite (usually large) number of amino acid s by peptide links (–NH–CO–). gastric… …
