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The Torodora epiphorana is a rare and beautiful species of moth belonging to the family Lecithoceridae. It was first described by Kyu-Tek Park, a Korean entomologist, in 2002. This moth…
Elasmosaurus, a species of plesiosaur, was a marine reptile that lived approximately 80 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Era. With its long neck, sharp teeth, and powerful flippers,…
Features The fruiting bodies are usually pedunculated sporangia, a calyculus may be present or absent. The delicate peridium is reduced to a structure of vertical, thickened threads that are interconnected by extremely fine, translucent…
Areca hutchinsoniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Areca hutchinsoniana Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade:…
Etymology. From Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Norwegian Bokmål korn, Norwegian Nynorsk korn and Swedish korn; see, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum, Lithuanian žirnis and English grain. In a sense ‘maize’ is a shortening from earlier Indian corn 12000 –…