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- Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) was an Imam and General of Adal who defeated Emperor Lebna Dengel of Ethiopia. Nicknamed Gurey in Somali and Gragn in ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- Rotifers comprise a phylum, Rotifera, of microscopic and near-microscopic, multicellular aquatic animals. The name rotifer is derived from the Latin word for "wheel-bearer ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 21:46, 16 April 2023
- Guarana is the common name for a South American woody vine or sprawling shrub, Paullinia cupana in the Sapindaceae family, with large, pinnately compound evergreen leaves with ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 22:26, 2 December 2021
- Viperinae is a subfamily of terrestrial and arboreal venomous vipers (family Viperidae) characterized by a lack of the heat-sensing pit organs that characterize their sister group ...13 KB (1,863 words) - 00:46, 18 November 2022
- Category:Public Abu Bakr (alternative spellings, Abubakar, Abi Bakr, Abu Bakar) (c. 573 – August 23, 634) ruled as the first of the Muslim caliphs (632–634). Abu Bakr was a ...14 KB (2,336 words) - 06:48, 14 June 2023
- Al Capp (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979) was an American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Li'l Abner. He also created the comic strips Abbie and ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- Zenobia ( زنوبيا ) was a Syrian queen (240-after 274 C.E.). After her husband's death, she became a powerful military leader in her own right, conquering both Egypt ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- In zoology, ray is the common name for cartilaginous fish comprising the order Rajiformes (or Batoidea), characterized by enlarged and flat pectoral fins continuous with the head ...10 KB (1,328 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- Salmonella (plural salmonellae, salmonellas, or salmonella) are any of the various rod-shaped, gram-negative bacteria that comprise the genus Salmonella (family Enterobacteriaceae ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 01:52, 23 December 2022
- The Euphrates River is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Tigris River. The two rivers have their sources within 50 miles of each ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- Doha ( الدوحة , Ad-Dawḥah or Ad-Dōḥah ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 80 percent of Qatar’s ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- Chaetognatha is a phylum of small, slender, marine worms, generally characterized by a largely transparent body, fins on both the tail and the body, and grasping bristles or hooks ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- A Plastid is any member of a family of organelles found in the cells of all living plants and algae, but not in animals, and characterized by having their own copies of genetic ...12 KB (1,679 words) - 16:58, 14 October 2021
- Aquamarine (Lat. aqua marina, "water of the sea") is a gemstone-quality transparent variety of beryl, having a delicate blue or turquoise color, suggestive of the tint ...5 KB (716 words) - 15:58, 11 August 2023
- Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية) or simply Rabiʿa al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) was a female Muslim Sufi saint, considered by ...18 KB (3,164 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- Sight, the sense of vision or visual perception, describes the capability to detect electromagnetic energy within the visible range (light) by the eye, and the ability of the ...14 KB (2,075 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- Betelgeuse (also called Alpha Orionis, α Orionis, or α Ori) is one of the brightest and largest known stars, though it is not one of the most massive. Located approximately ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- Notochord is a flexible, rod-shaped supporting structure that is one of the distinguishing features of the phylum Chordatas, being found at some point in the life cycle of all ...6 KB (850 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- Oleander is the common and species name for a poisonous evergreen shrub or small tree, Nerium oleander, in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, characterized by dark green, lanceolate ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 10:31, 11 March 2023
- Narwhal is the common name for an Arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, of the cetacean suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales), characterized by mottled gray color, no dorsal fin, a ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
