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  • 41Aeta — The Aeta (pronounced as “eye ta,”), Agta or Ayta are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines. They are considered to be Negritos, who are dark to very dark brown skinned and tend to have… …

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  • 42Antiope (DC Comics) — For other uses, see Antiope Superherobox| caption=Queen Antiope Art by Phil Jimenez comic color=background:#8080ff character name=Antiope real name=Antiope of Themyscira publisher=DC Comics debut= Wonder Woman #1, Vol. 2 creators=George Pérez… …

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  • 43Ficus aurea — Taxobox name = Florida strangler fig image width = 250px image caption = Florida strangler fig in Deering Park, Florida regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Urticales familia = Moraceae genus = Ficus species = F …

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  • 44Metrodorus of Scepsis — For other people of the same name, see Metrodorus. Metrodorus of Scepsis (c. 145 BCE – 70 BCE), from the town of Scepsis in ancient Mysia, was a friend of Mithridates VI of Pontus and celebrated in antiquity for the excellence of his memory. He… …

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  • 45sauropterygian — sau·rop·ter·yg·i·an (sô rŏp tə rĭjʹē ən) n. Any of various extinct aquatic reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia that flourished during the Mesozoic Era and included the plesiosaurs. adj. Of or relating to a sauropterygian.   [From New Latin… …

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  • 46asceticism — /euh set euh siz euhm/, n. 1. the manner of life, practices, or principles of an ascetic. 2. the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self denial, self mortification, and the like. 3. rigorous self… …

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  • 47perissodactyl — perissodactylous, adj. /peuh ris oh dak til/, adj. 1. having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot. n. 2. any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and… …

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  • 48pteranodon — /teuh ran euh don /, n. a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 m). [ < NL, equiv. to pter PTER + Gk anódon toothless (see AN 1, ODONT)] * * * Genus of extinct flying&#8230; …

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  • 49art and architecture, Egyptian — Introduction       the ancient architectural monuments, sculptures, paintings, and decorative crafts produced mainly during the dynastic periods of the first three millennia BC in the Nile valley regions of Egypt and Nubia. The course of art in&#8230; …

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  • 50List of locations in The Simpsons — This list of locations in The Simpsons includes towns, cities, businesses, states, and other locations created for the television series The Simpsons. This list only includes places that exist solely in the Simpsons universe, not real life&#8230; …

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