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  2. Acorn - Wikipedia

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    The acorn is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus, Notholithocarpus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons (seedling leaves), enclosed in a tough shell known as the pericarp, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule .

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) bacillus: rod-shaped Latin baculus, stick Bacillus anthracis: bacteri-Pertaining to bacteria: Latin bacterium; Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion), small staff bacteriophage, bactericide: balan-of the glans penis or glans clitoridis: Greek βάλανος (bálanos), acorn, glans balanitis: bas-

  4. Eggcorn - Wikipedia

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    Cafe chalkboard advertising a "pre fixed" menu, an eggcorn of the French prix fixe (fixed price). An eggcorn is the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, [1] creating a new phrase which is plausible when used in the same context. [2]

  5. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Innocent: often wrongly believed to have the original meaning of "not knowing", as if it came from Latin noscere (to know); in fact it comes from nocere (to harm), and the primary sense is "harmless".

  6. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  7. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z.

  8. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.

  9. Hemichordate - Wikipedia

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    The body of acorn worms is worm-shaped and divided into an anterior proboscis, an intermediate collar, and a posterior trunk. The proboscis is a muscular and ciliated organ used in locomotion and in the collection and transport of food particles. The mouth is located between the proboscis and the collar. The trunk is the longest part of the animal.