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  2. Occultation - Wikipedia

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    Occultation of Uranus during the lunar eclipse on 8 November 2022. Occultation of a star by the Moon. The term occultation is most frequently used to describe lunar occultations, those relatively frequent occasions when the Moon passes in front of a star during the course of its orbital motion around the Earth.

  3. File:Oculate Being, Paracas culture. 350 BCE–60 CE Met Museum ...

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    This bowl depicts the Oculate Being, a creature named for its oversized circular eyes, popular in the Ica region of the south coast of Peru during the last centuries B.C. The white oval head of the Oculate Being, painted in the middle of the vessel, is the central focus of the scene, its green body extending to one edge.

  4. Paracas culture - Wikipedia

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    This period involved the growing presence of the "Oculate Being," a creature that was a major part of the Inca valley. [7] [14] The sequence of these stages enables for analysis of the imagery and colorants used to decorate Paracas ceramics. [14] However, the accessibility and use of pigments varied across different regions in the Incan Valley ...

  5. Molgula oculata - Wikipedia

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    Molgula oculata, commonly known as the sea grape, is a species of solitary tunicate in the family Molgulidae.It is native to the north eastern Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.

  6. Nannochloropsis - Wikipedia

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    The scientific community has obtained the genomic sequence of different strains of Nannochloropsis belonging to two species: N. gaditana [14] [15] and N. oceanica. [16] [17] A genome portal based on the N. gaditana B-31 genome allows accessing much of the genomic information that concerns this micro-organism, moreover dedicated web pages are also available for the genomes of N. gaditana ...

  7. Molgula occulta - Wikipedia

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    Molgula occulta is a solitary, oval-globular tunicate with a broad, shallow six-lobed oral siphon and a similar-sized four-lobed atrial siphon, both near the apex. It is 1.5 to 3 cm (0.6 to 1.2 in) tall, light brown in colour and resembles a kiwifruit in size and appearance.

  8. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...

  9. Ogdoad (Egyptian) - Wikipedia

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    The names of Nu and Naunet are written with the determiners for sky and water, and it seems clear that they represent the primordial waters.. Ḥeḥ and Ḥeuḥet have no readily identifiable determiners; according to a suggestion due to Brugsch (1885), the names are associated with a term for an undefined or unlimited number, ḥeḥ, suggesting a concept similar to the Greek aion.