Birkenstock
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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Bir·ken·stock / ˈbərkənˌstäk/ • n. trademark a type of shoe or sandal with a contoured cork-filled sole and a thick leather upper. ∎ denoting people concerned with political correctness or conservationist issues: leave environmentalism to the Birkenstock crowd.
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First record of the sabertooth blenny, Plagiotremus azaleus, in California with notes on its distribution along the Pacific coast of Baja California.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences); 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...three sabertooth blennies along the Portofino...of the sabertooth blenny was the lower Gulf...for the sabertooth blenny, considering that...The sabertooth blennies of the tribe Nemophini...The sabertooth blenny only superficially...While sabertooth blennies are known to aggregate...
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Size differences influence aggressive behavior in the mangrove blenny, omobranchus rotundiceps obliquus. (Abstracts of Papers).(Abstract)
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; The mangrove blenny, Omobranchus rotundiceps...occurring between individual blennies. Two laboratory experiments...communities and dyads of blennies examined the influence of...influenced aggressive behavior in blennies. The proportion of aggressive...
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Plasticity in sexual size dimorphism and Rensch's rule in Mediterranean blennies (Blenniidae).(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Zoology; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...species. Mediterranean blennies (Blenniidae) provide...populations. Various blenny species are widely distributed...beaches. In addition, blennies are highly sexually dimorphic...occurs among species. The blenny mating system is highly...
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fishing lines: The mysteries of blennies from heaven
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/15/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...was known about this tiny member of the blenny family, commonly called the shanny...net to the seaside and you'll catch blennies in every rock pool. It is one of the...may still be the definitive work on blenny behaviour. At the time, it struck me...
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WWII Sub's New Mission: Artificial Reef
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/22/1988; 661 words
; ...be attracted to the sub, nicknamed the Blenny, which in turn will draw sport fishermen...sank it as an artificial reef. When the Blenny became available, the same liability...Guy Ayres said the move to acquire the Blenny stalled briefly this year when he warned...
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Mix-in and match to survive in wild.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/31/2003; 700+ words
; ...The poison-fang blenny, which resides in...that nonpoisonous blennies mimic by developing...The poison-fang blenny looks different in...local nonpoisonous blennies mimic whatever the local poisonous blenny looks like, he says...
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Red alert! Global warming warning as fish from the Canaries is found for first time in Scottish waters.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/14/2004; 609 words
; ...experts last night warned that the red blenny may be only the vanguard of an 'exotic...rare fish off the coast of Lewis. The blenny, which never usually ventures further...seahorses and John Dory could follow the blenny's lead. George Brown, a senior diver...
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THE MAD H4X0RS.(Internet exchange on computer hacking)
Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine; 5/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...t come kindly to strangers. aforce: blenny told me it was a 133t channel ... i...coded and #abusive. instig8r: who is blenny? Coolio: are you sure he didn't say #gaynies? defile: uhm, who the hell is blenny? aforce: blenny used to be in gH...
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Research from University do Algarve yields new data on life sciences.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 11/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...production in the male peacock blenny, Salaria pavo (Risso 1810...Portugal, "Male peacock blennies (Salaria pavo) release odors...multicomponent male peacock blenny pheromone." Serrano and colleagues...production in the male peacock blenny, Salaria pavo (Risso 1810...
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Coral: part two. (a look at the life of some of the creatures that live in a coral reef)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...happened to this little false cleaner blenny (below). It got caught by a big lizardfish...get close enough to catch. The sneaky blenny thought it could take a little nip out...and dart quickly away. But too bad, blenny --the hungry lizardfish darted faster...
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blenny
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
blenny common name of various...Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) and Nototheniidae...long dorsal fin. Blennies live among eelgrass...invertebrates. Some blennies have scales and some...include the striped blenny (found as far north...
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scaled blennies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
scaled blennies See CLINIDAE .
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snake blenny
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
snake blenny See OPHICLINIDAE .
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Ophiclinidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Ophiclinidae ( snake blenny ; subclass Actinopterygii , order Perciformes ) A small family of...consists of at least 40 spines with only one soft ray. They resemble blennies in that the pelvic fins are reduced to a pair of free rays in a jugular...
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Clinidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Clinidae ( scaled blennies ; subclass Actinopterygii , order Perciformes ) A large family of marine, mainly tropical fish which differ from the true blennies ( Blenniidae ) in having fully scaled bodies and slender spines in...
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