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2 days ago · Sirenia. The Sirenia ( / saɪˈriːni.ə / ), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The extant Sirenia comprise two distinct families: Dugongidae (the dugong and the now extinct Steller's sea cow) and ...
2 days ago · A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry [1] – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas.
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1 day ago · Snake on branch. Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes ( / sɜːrˈpɛntiːz / ). [2] Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey ...
2 days ago · The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Critical examinations of languages, such as philosophy of language, the relationships between language and thought, how words represent experience, etc., have been debated at least since Gorgias and Plato in ancient Greek civilization.
3 days ago · Plastic. Household items made of various types of plastics. Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes. This adaptability, plus a wide range of other properties ...
5 days ago · Active. 1975 - 1996 ( - present) Website. (no known website) Address. USA & Wales, UK. Grenadier Models Inc. (USA) was one of the largest producers of fantasy figures in the world. Their figure lines are still in production through Mirliton SG and various other companies.
1 day ago · 金門縣 ( 閩南語 白話字 :Kim-mn̂g-koāiⁿ [1] , 莆仙語 興化平話字 :Ging-meóng-gā̤ⁿ)是 中華民國 福建省 的 縣 ,位於 廈門灣 九龍江 口 [2] [3] ,由 金門本島 、 烈嶼 、 大膽 、 二膽 等12個 島嶼 組成,並代管原 莆田縣 屬 烏坵 ;縣內轄有3 鎮 、3 鄉 ,其中縣治及最大城市為 金城鎮 。 在中華民國法律中,屬於 台灣地區 。 金門古名浯洲,又名仙洲、浯江、浯島 [4] [5]:29 ,自古屬福建 同安 所轄, 民國 四年(1915年)始創縣治 [6] 。 全縣通行 金門话 (烏坵通行 烏坵話 ),與 臺灣話 均屬 閩南語泉漳片 ,可互通。 在同安縣的歷史上,金門一地有「無金不成銀」、「無金不成銅」 [註 1] 的俗諺。