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A Dictionary of Zoology
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- MICHAEL ALLABY
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Copyright information© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information)
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aboral
Away from the mouth; on the opposite side of the body ...
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opposite side
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics;
Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson;
27 words
...opposite side In a right‐angled triangle, where one of the other angles has been specified, the opposite side is the side which is not an arm of the specified angle.
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per contra
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English;
Jennifer Speake and Mark LaFlaur;
28 words
...per contra adverb & noun phrase M16 Italian . A. adverb phrase M16 On the opposite side (of an account, assessment, etc.); on the other hand. B. noun phrase E19 The opposite side.
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contra
A Dictionary of Accounting;
R. HUSSEY;
22 words
...contra A book-keeping entry on the opposite side of an account to an earlier entry, with the object of cancelling the effect of the earlier entry.
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Woman may have clue to cab attack; POLICE SEEK WITNESS WHO WAS ON OPPOSITE...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);
September 7, 2004 ;
208 words
......earlier. Police now want to speak to a woman who was on the opposite side of the road to the taxi and shouted to the driver after the...Investigating officers would like to speak to a woman standing on the opposite side of the road who shouted to the taxi driver after the incident...
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Japanese Inventors Develop Mobile Communication Terminal
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 29, 2007 ;
340 words
......connected to the antenna, an opposite side conductive member that is a...edge portion, which is on the opposite side to the antenna, of the antenna...connection conductive member and an opposite side edge portion, which is opposed...
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Japanese Inventor Develops Hydraulic Shoe Manufacturing Method
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 16, 2007 ;
329 words
......sphere is slidably engaged, and on the opposite side thereof with a locking portion and...locking portion to make contact with the opposite side, wherein the sliding-contact plate...first layer to make contact with the opposite side and a second layer laminated on a region...
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What Crosses Our Minds When Danger's Afoot
The Washington Post;
June 13, 2005 ;
David Brown;
787 words
......likely, starting in the limbs on the opposite side of the body. About A.D. 150, a physician...side of the human brain end up on the opposite side of the spinal cord, where they stimulate...and continue down the lanes on the opposite side of the cord. The body accomplishes...
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dorsiventral
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;
31 words
...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 dor|si|ven|tral (dor|si ven'trl) adj. 1. Bot. having both dorsal and ventral surfaces 2. Zool. dorsoventral Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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PAIN STUDY POINTS TO A MIRROR IMAGE
The Boston Globe;
April 2, 2004 ;
Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff;
787 words
......trauma on one side of the body can cause opposite-side nerve damage, said Dr. Gary J. Bennett...could already help patients get their opposite-side pain taken seriously. "So many patients...puts extra stress or strain on the opposite side," she said. "But in fact," she said...
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Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors Develop Expandable Absorbent Garment...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
April 5, 2007 ;
371 words
......having a length, opposite ends and opposite side regions. The absorbent composite includes...fold formed along at least one of the opposite side regions, wherein the absorbent composite...edges of the front body panels to the opposite side regions of the absorbent garment at...
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Mail Motors: A-Z OF MOTORS; Crack the code of jargon with our weekly...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);
February 25, 2005 ;
168 words
...LEFT Hand Drive is the term used to indicate that a car's steering wheel is on the opposite side to ours Most of the rest of the world drives on the opposite side of the road to us and some of those that did not have switched. Sweden switched...
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Central
China Daily;
February 20, 2004 ;
296 words
...Baby has organs on opposite side An eight-month-old baby girl in Jianli of Hubei Province has a peculiar condition: all the organs are located on the opposite side, Chutian Jinbao Newspaper reports. Wan, the baby's mother, was surprised to find...
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Tinley Park Home Offers Plenty of Room for Family
Chicago Sun-Times;
December 3, 1993 ;
Judy Moore;
723 words
......younger and noisier siblings on the opposite side of the second floor. Their parents...counter for folding laundry, on the opposite side of the room, has base cabinetry below...4-foot fourth bedroom, which is on the opposite side of the bridge. The fifth bedroom is...
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Connecticut Inventors Develop Towelette Article
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 26, 2007 ;
276 words
......provided which includes a first water-insoluble substrate having dorsal and ventral surfaces, a second water-insoluble substrate having dorsal and ventral surfaces, the dorsal surfaces of the first and second substrates being joined to one...
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GB. Berkshire. Eton College. The largest public school in England. Founded...
Magnum Photos;
January 1, 1991 ;
Peter Marlow;
192 words
......public school in England. Founded in 1440 by Henry VI on the opposite side of the river Thames from Windsor Castle. Attended by the...public school in England. Founded in 1440 by Henry VI on the opposite side of the river Thames from Windsor Castle. Attended by the...
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