Axolotl

A salamander found in Mexican mountain lakes and accounting for about 30 percent of the urodeles used in research. The axolotl remains in larval form throughout its life, a ...

axolotl

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A batrachian, numerous in Mexico and the Western States, believed to be in its preliminary or tadpole state of existence.

Yoni

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A Hindu symbol of the female principle in nature, and as such an object of worship. See Linga.

Zacoccia

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A king of Mozambique who, according to the Lusiad, received Vasco da Gama with welcome, believing him to be a Mohammedan, but conceived feelings of bitterest hatred to him when he ...

unitarians

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A designation applicable to all monotheists in religion, including Jews and Mohammedans, but generally and more specially applied to those who deny the Church doctrine of the ...

Ural

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A river of Russia, which rises in the E. of the Urals and forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia, and falls after a course of 870 m. by a number of mouths into the ...

Tournay

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A town of Hainault, Belgium, on the Scheldt, 35 m. SW. of Brussels; in the 5th century was the seat of the Merovingian kings, but now presents a handsome modern appearance; has a ...

Volsungs

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A race figuring in Norse and German legend of the 12th century, and with the fate in whose history it is so widely occupied, and that of its heroes.

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fly catcher

A tropical pitcher plant that is known for its ability to catch flies and other insects as food. Officially known as the splendid pitcher-plant, it is ...