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  • 21Fit rod — Fit Fit, n. 1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) (a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact. (b) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.… …

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  • 22Impertinence — Im*per ti*nence, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See {Impertinent}.] 1. The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness. [1913 Webster] 2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the… …

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  • 23adapt — verb Etymology: French or Latin; French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare to fit, from aptus apt, fit Date: 15th century transitive verb to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification intransitive verb… …

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  • 24Evolution — This article is about evolution in biology. For other uses, see Evolution (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to evolution. Part of a series on …

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  • 25EEA — or Eea may refer to: * European Economic Area, an economic association of European states. * European Environment Agency, an agency of the European Union for environmental issues. * Exchange Equalisation Account, the British Treasury s reserve… …

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  • 26Hunter-gatherer — A hunter gatherer society is one whose primary subsistence method involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting without significant recourse to the domestication of either. Hunter gatherers… …

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  • 27William McKendree — (July 6, 1757 ndash;March 5, 1835) was the fourth Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the first Methodist bishop born in the United States. He was elected in 1808.Early yearsWilliam was born in King William County, Virginia, the son of… …

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  • 28Wood Frog — Taxobox name = Wood Frog status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 trend = stable image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Ranidae genus = Rana species = R. sylvatica binomial = Rana sylvatica… …

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  • 30Largest-scale trends in evolution — The history of life on Earth seems to show a clear trend; for example, it seems obvious that there is a trend towards increasing complexity in living organisms. More recent organisms, such as mammals, appear to be much more complex than older… …

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