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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. Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

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    In Minecraft, an alternate realm from the main game world can be accessed, known as the End. It is composed of islands of light yellow rock floating in a void, populated by gangly ominous-looking humanoid creatures called Endermen and cities in the outer regions.

  4. List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters - Wikipedia

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    Doctor Ivo Robotnik, [b] [3] better known by his alias Doctor Eggman, [c] [4] is a human mad scientist and the main antagonist of the series. Debuting in the first game of the series, Sonic the Hedgehog, he was shown attempting to collect the Chaos Emeralds and turn all of the animals inhabiting the land into robots.

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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.

  8. List of Craig of the Creek episodes - Wikipedia

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    Craig of the Creek is an American animated television series created by Matt Burnett and Ben Levin for Cartoon Network.The show's pilot episode premiered on the Cartoon Network app on December 1, 2017, and the first episode of its first season ("Itch to Explore") was previewed there on February 19, 2018, before officially premiering on Cartoon Network on March 30 of that year, alongside its ...

  9. Species of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Wikipedia

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    The Flerken, introduced in Captain Marvel, are stated to be alien creatures that completely resemble Earth's cats in appearance and behavior, but are shown to possess human-level intelligence. They have tentacles that come out of their mouths and can swallow up large objects and store them in pocket dimensions in their bellies. [ 13 ]