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71cetacean — cetaceous, adj. /si tay sheuhn/, adj. 1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. n. 2. a cetacean mammal. [1830 40; < NL Cetace(a) name of the order (see CET , ACEA) + AN] * * *… …
72Homo sapiens — /hoh moh say pee euhnz/ 1. (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex… …
73japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
74Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
75Endangered language — An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes a dead language. If eventually no one speaks the language at all it becomes an extinct language . The total number of… …
76Biodiversity of New Caledonia — The Biodiversity of New Caledonia is considered to be one of the most important in the world. New Caledonia, a large south Pacific island group about 1,200 km east of Australia, supports high levels of endemism, with many unique plants,… …
77Bird conservation — is a field in the science of conservation biology related to threatened birds. Humans have had a profound effect on many bird species. Over one hundred species have gone extinct in historical times, although the most dramatic human caused… …
78Ostrich — For other uses, see Ostrich (disambiguation). Ostrich Temporal range: pleistocene–present …
79Gray 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… …
80Emu — For other uses, see Emu (disambiguation). Emu Temporal range: Paleocene–present …
