mollie
mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish ). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. Top-living fish, they are found in fresh or brackish water, where they feed on algae. Fertilizing internally and giving birth to live young, mollies are of great interest to geneticists because of the reproductive peculiarities of one species, the Amazon mollie ( M. formosa ). This species, which ranges as far N as Texas, consists only of females, which copulate with males of other mollie species; the male does not contribute to the heredity of the all-female offspring. The sailfin mollie, or sailfin ( M. latipinna ), is found in fresh- and saltwater from South Carolina to Mexico. Sailfins are olive-green with black markings and brightly colored fins. The saillike dorsal fins of the male make it an especially popular aquarium fish. Solid black mollies are artificially bred from any of several mollie species, although mottled black sailfin mollies sometimes occur in nature. Mollies are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Cyprinodontiformes, family Poeciliidae.
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Today in History - Dec. 29
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/29/2005; ; 645 words
; ...Diego Luna is 26. Country singer Jessica Andrews is 22. Thought for Today: "The wise man must be wise before, not after." _ Epicharmus, Sicilian Greek comic poet (? - c.450 B.C.) Copyright 2005, AP News All Rights Reserved
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A fool's paradise/ In the performing arts, a nincompoop's natural medium is the stage
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...life there were female jesters - dates back almost to the beginning of theater. One of the stock characters in the plays of Epicharmus, the first great comic playwright, was the parasite - which in ancient Greek means "one who eats with another" or "guest...
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Epicharmus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Epicharmus , c.550-c.460 BC, Sicilian Greek comic dramatist. He was the first to write a coherent artistic comedy, and he dealt with...
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Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...recorded in English from the late 16th century, but a similar thought is found earlier in Greek, in the writing of the poet Epicharmus ( c. 530–440 bc), and in Latin, in the writings of the Roman philosopher and poet Seneca the Younger ( c...
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Quintus Ennius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...including criticism of morals and politics, and the first work of its kind; Epigrams; Hedyphagetica, or The Art of Dining; Epicharmus, a didactic poem on nature; and Euhemerus, a rationalization of Greek mythology. Ennius's contribution to Roman culture...
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Dialogue and Dialectics: Socratic
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...recover. The literary presentation of philosophical conversation had antecedents in the prose comedies of the Sicilian, Epicharmus (c. 530 – c. 440 b.c.e.). Our first example of a Socratic conversation comes from Aristophanes's Clouds...
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Beauty and Ugliness
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...the toad sees beauty in large round eyes and a flat snout, and the devil sees beauty in a pair of horns and four claws. Epicharmus (c. 530 – c. 440 b.c.e.), the comic dramatist, similarly remarks that a dog considers a dog the most...
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