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  2. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    Named after "Grendel [...] a legendary creature from the Old English epic, Beowulf" [168] Morlockia Garcia-Valdecasas, 1984: Crustacean: Morlocks, The Time Machine "H. J. Wells described in 'The Time Machine' the Morlocks as inhabitants of the interior of the earth. They had lost their eyes and showed other adaptations to subterranean life." [169]

  3. Dhole - Wikipedia

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    The dhole (/ d oʊ l / dohl; [2] [3] Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to South, East and Southeast Asia.It is anatomically distinguished from members of the genus Canis in several aspects: its skull is convex rather than concave in profile, it lacks a third lower molar and the upper molars possess only a single cusp as opposed to between two and four.

  4. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Hemaraj - The hemaraj is a creature found in Thai and possibly South Asian(Indian) faith. It is said to be the combination of a hem (an ill-defined creature in and of itself; usually likened to a swan but sometimes depicted more like a crocodilian) and a lion. Makara is a sea-creature in Hindu faith. Makara is the vahana (vehicle) of Ganga ...

  5. List of Mad episodes - Wikipedia

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    A mashup of Minecraft and Criminal Minds; When several murders occur within the world of Minecraft, Morgan and Rossi are sent to investigate. It is ultimately revealed that the culprit is none other than Mark Zuckerberg, who has been killing Minecraft players as revenge for the game being a bigger waste of time than Facebook.

  6. Mayfly - Wikipedia

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    The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species includes one mayfly: Tasmanophlebia lacuscoerulei, the large blue lake mayfly, which is a native of Australia and is listed as endangered because its alpine habitat is vulnerable to climate change.

  7. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...

  8. Poseidon - Wikipedia

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    Poseidon, enraged, caused Minos's wife, Pasiphae, to fall in love with the bull; their coupling produced the Minotaur, a half-bull half-human creature who fed on human flesh. [ 192 ] [ 193 ] Minos concealed him within the labyrinth built by Daedalus , and fed to him Athenian men and women he forced Aegeus to send him over.

  9. StarCraft - Wikipedia

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    StarCraft is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. [1] The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the ever-evolving insectoid Zerg, the powerful and enigmatic Protoss, and the godlike Xel'Naga creator ...