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  • 11hematophagous — Subsisting on blood. [hemato + G. phago, to eat] * * * he·ma·toph·a·gous or chiefly Brit hae·ma·toph·a·gous .hē mə täf ə gəs adj feeding on blood <hematophagous insects> * * * he·ma·toph·a·gous (he″mə ) (hem″ə… …

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  • 12Thomas Aquinas — Brian Davies OP Thomas Aquinas, son of Landulf d’Aquino and his wife Theodora, was born sometime between 1224 and 1226 in what was then the Kingdom of Naples.1 After a childhood education at the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino, he studied… …

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  • 13Crown copyright — is a form of copyright claim used by the governments of a number of Commonwealth realms. It provides special copyright rules for the Crown (i.e., state entities). Contents 1 Crown copyright by country 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada …

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  • 14carnivorous — Flesh eating; subsisting on animals as food. SYN: zoophagous. * * * car·niv·o·rous kär niv (ə )rəs adj 1) subsisting or feeding on animal tissues 2) of or relating to the carnivores car·niv·o·rous·ly adv car·niv·o·rous·ness n * * * car·niv·o·rous …

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  • 15ichthyophagous — Fish eating; subsisting on fish. [ichthyo + G. phago, to eat] * * * ich·thy·oph·a·gous .ik thē äf ə gəs adj eating or subsisting on fish * * * ich·thy·oph·a·gous (ik″the ofґə gəs) eating or subsisting on fish …

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  • 16ὑπαρκτά — ὑπαρκτός subsisting neut nom/voc/acc pl ὑπαρκτά̱ , ὑπαρκτός subsisting fem nom/voc/acc dual ὑπαρκτά̱ , ὑπαρκτός subsisting fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) …

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  • 17carnivorous — adjective Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carn , caro + vorus vorous Date: 1592 1. subsisting or feeding on animal tissues 2. of a plant subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm (as of insects) 3. of or relating… …

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  • 18Consumer Credit Act 1974 — United Kingdom Parliament Long title An Act to establish for the protection of consumers a new system, administered by the Director General of Fair Trading, of licensing and other control of traders concerned with the provision of credit, or the …

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  • 19Nullity (conflict) — In Conflict of Laws, the issue of nullity (known as annulment in the United States) in Family Law inspires a wide response among the laws of different states as to the circumstances in which a marriage will be valid, invalid or null. As in… …

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  • 20Economy of the People's Republic of China — Economies of Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are administered separately from the rest of People s Republic of China. Therefore, the information below pertains only to mainland China unless specified otherwise. For the… …

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