Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the graptolites, the triangular stiletto-shaped body at the proximal end of a polypary, representing the primary theca or zoöid of the colony.
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- noun zoology The hard, triangular apex of a
graptolite from which it grows.
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Examples
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Do you know if the investigators ever followed up with a comparison of the full genomes of the two strains of P. sicula?
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Now, an international team of researchers has shown that introducing these small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo rapid and large-scale evolutionary changes.
Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution after Introduction to a New Home « Isegoria 2008
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They found a flourishing population of lizards on Pod Mrcaru, which DNA analysis confirmed were indeed Podarcis sicula.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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In 1971 a population of common Mediterranean lizards, Podarcis sicula, which mainly eat insects, was present on Pod Kopiste but there were none on Pod Mrcaru.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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In 1971 a population of common Mediterranean lizards, Podarcis sicula, which mainly eat insects, was present on Pod Kopiste but there were none on Pod Mrcaru.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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In that year experimenters transported five pairs of Podarcis sicula from Pod Kopiste and released them on Pod Mrcaru.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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In that year experimenters transported five pairs of Podarcis sicula from Pod Kopiste and released them on Pod Mrcaru.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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They found a flourishing population of lizards on Pod Mrcaru, which DNA analysis confirmed were indeed Podarcis sicula.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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A few of these are Algyroïdes fitzingeri, Podarcis tiliguerta, and Podarcis sicula.
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Examples of these are Algyroïdes fitzingeri, Podarcis tiliguerta, and Podarcis sicula.
strev commented on the word sicula
the bite that infects
April 3, 2009