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the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Bill Newton (8 June 1919 – 29 March 1943) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, honoured for his actions as a bomber pilot in Papua New Guinea during March 1943. Raised in Melbourne, he joined the Citizen Military Forces in 1938 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in ...
Pyrrhocoroidea. Amyot & Serville, 1843. Families. Pyrrhocoridae - red bugs. Largidae - bordered bugs. Pyrrhocoroidea is a superfamily of true bugs in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha. [1] Largid bugs mating.
Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline (epinephrine). It was the subject of limited research from the 1950s through to the 1970s as a potential cause of schizophrenia. While it has no current medical application, the semicarbazide derivative, carbazochrome, is a hemostatic medication.
The capybara [a] or greater capybara ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a giant cavy rodent native to South America. It is the largest living rodent [2] and a member of the genus Hydrochoerus. The only other extant member is the lesser capybara ( Hydrochoerus isthmius ).
Cumin ( / ˈkʌmɪn /, [2] [3] / ˈkjuːmɪn /; [2] [3] US also / ˈkuːmɪn /; [2] Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Irano-Turanian Region. [4] . Its seeds – each one contained within a fruit, which is dried – are used in the cuisines of many cultures in both whole and ground form.
The tomato ( / təmeɪtoʊ / or / təmɑːtoʊ /) is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, [1] [2] commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. [2] [3] The Nahuatl word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word tomate, from which the English word tomato derives.
Spotted jellies swimming in a Tokyo aquarium. Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies, are the medusa -phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles, although a few are anchored to the ...
