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Atel (slang) Ā̃tel (Bengali: আঁতেল) is Bengali term referring to a person who is proficient in academic practice but lacks practical knowledge, [1][2][3] or someone who pretends to be intelligent.
Bengali (বাংলা Bangla) is one of the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, which evolved from Magadhi Prakrit, native to the eastern Indian subcontinent. [1] The core of Bengali vocabulary is thus etymologically of Magadhi Prakrit origin, with significant ancient borrowings from the older substrate language (s) of the region.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, [1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The grouping is paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other ...
Empagusia. Species: V. bengalensis. Binomial name. Varanus bengalensis. (Daudin, 1802) Synonyms. Tupinambis bengalensis. The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia.
The tokay gecko is a large nocturnal [1] gecko, reaching a total length (including tail) of 25–30 cm (10–12 inches) on average, but some grow as large as 40 cm (16 inches) long. It is believed to be the third-largest species of gecko, after the giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus giganteus) and New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus ...
In modern Bengali, the most common sibilant varies between / ʃ ~ ɕ / – originally represented by শ, but today, স and ষ in words are often pronounced as / ɕ ~ ʃ /. The other sibilant in Bengali is / s /, originally represented by স, but today, শ and ষ, in words, can sometimes be pronounced as / s /.
The word ousted adder, as adder went on to narrow in meaning, though in Old English næddre was the general word for snake. [12] The other term, serpent, is from French, ultimately from Indo-European *serp-'to creep', [13] which also gave Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō) 'I crawl' and Sanskrit sarpá ‘snake’. [14]
A. Ablepharus sikimmensis. Acrochordus granulatus. Ahaetulla prasina. Arakan forest turtle. Arrowback tree snake. Asian forest tortoise. Asian water monitor. Assam leaf turtle.