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08:45 Jul 7, 2005 |
Dutch to English translations [PRO] Science - Zoology | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Dave Calderhead Netherlands Local time: 21:32 | ||||||
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4 +3 | subspecies |
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3 +1 | (separate) branch |
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3 | offshoot |
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(separate) branch Explanation: Isn't that what they call it? Separate branches in the animal kingdom? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2005-07-07 08:52:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \"All trilobites share certain unique features (like the calcite mineralogy of the exoskselton and calcified eye) to indicate that they are a separate branch of Arthropoda\" |
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offshoot Explanation: agree with you. am not 100% it's the only term but it is certainly used in the context. EvC Forum - Raw Message Text ... evolution. It is not a refutation of evolution for the parent species to remain unchanged while the offshoot of the species does change. ... www.evcforum.net/cgi-bin/ rawmsgtxt.cgi?action=viewraw&forum=5&thread=476&msg=75 Atlantean Dream ... There is another offshoot of the species basically called the red Tuyeb. ... This venom causes massive hemorrhaging, much like a spider-bite, causing its prey to ... www.geocities.com/LIKE_A_STAR8800/Fic/FicFldGd.HTM - 20k - S Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon "There is a remarkably close ... The development of an offshoot of the species characterized by densely bearded ... It supports an uncannily small and tidy spider-web whose geodesic strands ... www.anakata.hack.se/files/Cryptonomicon.txt - 513k - |
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subspecies Explanation: If it is not too technical a word for your public. Oxford dictionary:A morphologically distinct subdivision of a species, esp. one geographically or ecologically (though not usually genetically) isolated from other such subdivisions |
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