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  2. Monocentridae - Wikipedia

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    Pinecone fishes are small and unusual marine fish of the family Monocentridae. The family contains just four species in two genera, one of which is monotypic. Their distribution is limited to tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. Pinecone fishes are popular subjects of public aquaria, but are both expensive and considered a ...

  3. For Dummies - Wikipedia

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    For Dummies is an extensive series of instructional reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. The series has been a worldwide success with editions in numerous languages.

  4. Bucket and cone - Wikipedia

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    The cone was apparently held up in the right hand, the bucket held hanging downwards in the left hand of the figure, which is almost always that of a winged genie or an animal-headed demon or mythical composite (similar to the demon antagonist Anzû, though not necessarily with the same malicious connotations); only very occasionally [citation ...

  5. Rabdophaga strobiloides - Wikipedia

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    The gall resembles a pinecone in shape. It can be found throughout North America. [5] References Further reading. Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). ...

  6. Monocentris japonica - Wikipedia

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    Monocentris japonica, the Japanese pineapplefish, is a pinecone fish of the family Monocentridae, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Oceans, at depths between 2 and 100 m and can be found on both rocky and coral reefs. The fish is nocturnal and shelters in caves and under ledges during the day.

  7. Conifer cone - Wikipedia

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    A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone A young female cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies) Immature male cones of Swiss pine (Pinus cembra) A conifer cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads.

  8. Bristlecone pine - Wikipedia

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    The other two species, Pinus balfouriana and Pinus aristata, are also long-lived, though not to the extreme extent of P. longaeva; specimens of both have been measured or estimated to be up to 3,000 years old. [16] The longevity of the trees is believed to be related to the proportion of dead wood to live wood.

  9. Second-order cone programming - Wikipedia

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    Some engineering applications of SOCP include filter design, antenna array weight design, truss design, and grasping force optimization in robotics. [4] Applications in quantitative finance include portfolio optimization ; some market impact constraints, because they are not linear, cannot be solved by quadratic programming but can be ...