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Nesomyidae - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complicated superfamily Muroidea. It includes many subfamilies, which all live in Africa. Malagasy rats and mice, climbing mice, African rock mice, swamp mice, pouched rats, and the white-tailed rat are in this family. Nesomyids are small...

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Physiology - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Physiology is the study of how living things work. Physiologists can study how organs of an organism work together to make things happen. In human beings, for example, the digestion of food hormones and other chemicals are made by the...

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Promethium - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Promethium is a synthetic radioactive chemical element that has the symbol Pm on the periodic table. It has the atomic number 61 which means it has 61 protons in its atom. It is the only synthetic element in the Lanthanide group as all its isotopes are radioactive. Together with Technetium, these...

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Salamander - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Salamanders are amphibians. They are the order Caudata (or Urodela). There are about 500 different species. Salamanders live in water and on land, and look rather like lizards, with four legs and a tail. They hatch as larvae from eggs in the water. At that stage, they have gills that stick out....

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Apicomplexa - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Apicomplexa are a large group of protists (protozoa) which are parasitic. They have developed some extraordinary adaptations which fit them in their parasitic life. They are all single-celled, they are all parasites of animals,[1] and they all form spores. They have a unique organelle, a...

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Clostridium - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SEM micrograph of Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample. Scientific classification Domain: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus: Clostridium is a genus of bacteria. Clostridium bacteria are obligate anaerobes, which means they do not need oxygen to grow.[1] Clostridium bacteria are...

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Eruca sativa - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.), also known as arugula or rocket, is a plant that can be eaten. It is a leaf vegetable with dark green, spiky, dandelion-like leaves and a strong, spicy, peppery flavor. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eruca...

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Group theory - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In mathematics and abstract algebra, group theory studies a type of algebraic structure called a group. Group theory is often used in mathematics as a starting point for the study of many algebraic structures, such as a set of numbers...

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Neutron star - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Radiation from the pulsar PSR B1509-58, a rapidly spinning neutron star, makes nearby gas glow in X-rays (gold, from Chandra) and illuminates the rest of the nebula, here seen in infrared (blue and red, from WISE) A model that shows what a neutron star would look like on the inside section. A...

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Thelyphonida - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thelyphonida is an order of arachnids commonly known as vinegarroons. They give out a vinegar-like mist (containing mostly acetic acid). The Vinegarroon is not venomous and is not a true scorpion. It is related to spiders, true scorpions, and ticks. They are also known as whip scorpions because...