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Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai. This should not be confused with the Greco-Roman Lamia. Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish. Merfolk – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures. The males are called Mermen and the females are called Mermaids.
Atlantic horseshoe crab on the shore at Brighton Beach, New York City. The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), also known as the American horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a kind of marine and brackish chelicerate arthropod. [1] It is found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast of North America. [1]
The smallest species is the mangrove horseshoe crab (C. rotundicauda) and the largest is the tri-spine horseshoe crab (T. tridentatus). [ 44 ] On average, males of C. rotundicauda are about 30 centimeters (12 inches) long, including a telson that is about 15 cm (6 in), and a carapace about 15 cm (6 in) wide. [ 45 ]
The "sea-horse" in medieval heraldry was a legendary creature that was part horse and part fish, not to be confused with the later heraldic hippocampus, which was a natural seahorse. The mythic hippocampus has been used as a heraldic charge , particularly since the Renaissance, most often in the armorial bearings of people and places with ...
In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old. The word can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras, but a female donkey is usually
The animal rights group PETA called for the suspension of jockey Gabriel Saez and the prize money to be revoked were he to be found at fault. [10] Six generations back takes Eight Belles, along with all 20 of the horses in the Derby and many horses racing in the United States today, to Native Dancer (foaled March 1950). Many public commentators ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers American cheese to be “pasteurized process cheese.” All cheese—real or not—undergoes some degree of processing to achieve the final product.
Lobster bisque, lobster stock, and lobster consommé are made using lobster bodies (heads), often including tomalley. In Maryland and on the Delmarva Peninsula , the hepatopancreas of the blue crab is called the "muster" or "mustard", probably because of the yellow color, which is not the bright yellow of regular prepared yellow mustard , but ...