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Featured Article: Egg (biology)
In biology, egg may refer to a single female reproductive cell (or gamete), which is also called an ovum (plural ova), from the Latin word for egg. However, the term also may be used as in most birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects to describe the entire reproductive body comprising a protective enclosure and the stored nutrients and developing embryo within it.
Popular Article: Devonian
The Devonian period is an interval of about 57 million years defined on the geologic time scale as spanning roughly from 416 to 359 million years ago (mya), and being noteworthy as a period of great diversification of life with the first appearance of amphibians, seed-bearing plants, sharks, lobe-finned fish, and ammonite mollusks. The Devonian period is the fourth of 6 periods making up the Paleozoic era within the Phanerozoic eon, which includes the present time.
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In the wild, horse societies are matriarchal. At the center of the herd is the alpha or dominant mare (female horse). (source: Horse)
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