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  2. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Origin: Ancient Greek: ἀρχός (arkhós), meaning: ruler; ἀρχικός (arkhikós), meaning: ruling. Used for exceptionally large or widespread animals. Used for exceptionally large or widespread animals.

  3. Fear of fish - Wikipedia

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    Try another method. Let his brother, aged four, who has no fear of fish, come up to the bowl and put his hands in the bowl and catch the fish. No amount of watching a fearless child play with these harmless animals will remove the fear from the toddler. Try shaming him, making a scapegoat of him. Your attempts are equally futile.

  4. Bear claw - Wikipedia

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    A bear claw can be made by hand or by machine. [14] Bear claw can be hand-made by using a bear claw cutter that was invented in 1950 by James Fennell. [15] A 1948 patent describes the process of assembling the bear claw as rolling out the dough, layering filling onto it, folding the dough over, cutting small incisions to create the claw-like look, and finally cutting the dough into separate ...

  5. Bear-baiting - Wikipedia

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    Bear-baiting was very popular from the 12th until the 19th century. [4] From the 16th century, many bears were maintained for baiting. In its best-known form, arenas for this purpose were called bear-gardens, consisting of a circular high fenced area, the "pit", and raised seating for spectators. A post would be set in the ground towards the ...

  6. On the Origin of Species - Wikipedia

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    On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) [3] is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. It was published on 24 November 1859. [4]

  7. Tarasque - Wikipedia

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    [36] fatter than a bull, longer than a horse, it had the face and head of a lion, teeth sharp as swords, the mane of a horse, a back that was [37] hatchet-sharp with bristly scales keen as augers, six feet with bear-like claws, the tail of a serpent, and a double shield/carapace, like a tortoise's, on each side.

  8. Sacramento invented the bear claw pastry? The internet says ...

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    The Sacramento Star’s archives show no other references to bear claws in the early 20th century. Same goes for The Sacramento Bee and the Sacramento Union, its chief competitors at that time.

  9. Owlbear - Wikipedia

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    The owlbear is depicted as an eight to ten foot (2.5–3 meter) tall cross between a bear and an owl.According to descriptions in Dungeons & Dragons source books, owlbears are carnivorous creatures, famed for their aggression and ferocity; [6] they live in mated pairs in caves and hunt any creature bigger than a mouse. [6]