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aquarium | n: a transparent tank of water in which fish and other water animals and plants are kept; a building containing tanks of live fish of different species, especially one that is open to the public | |
stun | v: to make a person or an animal unconscious or dizzy, especially by hitting them on the head; to make someone surprised or shocked greatly | |
shark | n: a long-bodied, mostly predatory marine fish that has sharp teeth and a pointed fin on its back; a person who is ruthless, greedy, and dishonest | |
shock | n: a strong feeling or physical reaction to a sudden and unexpected event or experience, especially something unpleasant | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
curiosity | n: a strong desire to know or learn about something | |
lizard | n: a reptile that has a relatively long body, two pairs of legs, and a tapering tail | |
chromosome | n: a long and string-like DNA molecule containing the part or all of the genetic material of an organism that controls what an animal or plant is like | |
viable | adj: capable of being done as intended; able to succeed | |
embryo | n: an animal organism in the early stages of growth, either in its mother’s womb or in an egg, or a plant that is developing in a seed | |
fertilize | v: to cause an egg, female animal, or plant to develop by joining sperm from the male with them; to add a natural or chemical substance to land to make plants grow well | |
sperm | n: the reproductive cell produced by a man or male animal | |
undergo | v: to go through something unpleasant or that involves a change | |
asexual | adj: lacking sexual organs or characteristics; not involving or characterized by sexual activity; neither male nor female in gender identity; not operating in a sexual manner or with sexual connotations | |
reproduction | n: the process by which organisms create offspring; the production of something similar to an original work | |
parthenogenesis | n: a form of asexual reproduction in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual without the need for sperm, commonly found in some species of plants, invertebrates, and in rare cases, vertebrates | |
virgin | n: a person who has never had sex; (adjective) being used or worked for the first time | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
reproduce | v: to make a copy of something such as a picture, piece of text, music, etc.; to produce offspring through a sexual or asexual process | |
vertebrate | adj: relating to animals that have a backbone or spinal column, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish | |
dragon | n: a mythical monster typically depicted as a giant reptile with wings, claws, and a fiery breath often portrayed as being fierce and dangerous | |
turkey | n: (of an animal) a large bird with a fan-shaped tail native to North America, widely grown for food; (of a country) a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans | |
python | n: a nonvenomous snake found in Africa, Asia, and Australia, known for its ability to squeeze and suffocate its prey before swallowing it whole; a high-level programming language used for various purposes, often in scientific computing and data analysis | |
occasionally | adv: now and then; sometimes but not often | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
unexpected | adj: not anticipated or regarded as likely to happen | |
captivity | n: the situation in which a person or animal is kept in prison or a space that they cannot escape from | |
confirm | v: to support or establish the truth or certainty of something previously believed or suspected to be the case | |
creature | n: a living being, especially an animal | |
slither | v: to move smoothly and sinuously, often close to the ground; to slide or crawl in a reptilian manner | |
population | n: the total number of people in a country, region, or location | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
evolutionary | adj: relating to or denoting how living things develop or change from earlier forms | |
beneficial | adj: helpful, useful, or sound; promoting or enhancing well-being | |
context | n: the circumstances, facts, or conditions that surround a particular event, situation, or statement and that give it meaning | |
drag | v: to pull or haul with force | |
mating | n: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | |
associate | v: to mentally connect someone or something with someone or something else | |
ritual | n: any customary observance or practice; any prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies | |
intensive | adj: involving a lot of work or activity in a short time | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
predator | n: an animal whose natural behavior is to prey on others | |
default | v: to fail to fulfill an obligation or pay a debt when it is due; to fail to meet expectations or perform as required; to choose or accept a predetermined option or condition without making a deliberate selection or choice; (noun) a failure to fulfill an obligation or to meet a requirement; the pre-set or automatic settings that a system or program uses when the user has selected no other options | |
handy | adj: valuable and convenient; easy or ready to reach or use | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
abundant | adj: present in great quantity | |
pea | n: a small, round, green vegetable that grows in pods on a climbing plant and is eaten as a vegetable | |
aphid | n: a tiny insect that feeds on the sap of plants and can cause damage or diseases to plants, often found in large colonies | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
explode | v: to burst or break open violently and noisily; to cause something to burst or break open | |
katydid | n: a giant, green or brown grasshopper-like insect with long antennae and wings, known for its distinctive sound produced by rubbing its legs together | |
gecko | n: a small to medium-sized lizard with soft, velvety skin, short legs, and adhesive pads on the feet that allow them to climb and walk along vertical surfaces | |
hypothesize | v: to form or present a theory or explanation without sufficient evidence; to speculate | |
shortcoming | n: a lack or deficiency in a particular respect; a fault or defect | |
gene | n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. | |
diversity | n: the quality or fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people | |
mutation | n: the way in which genes of a person, plant, animal, or other organism change and produce permanent differences | |
accord | n: an official agreement or treaty between two organizations, countries, etc.; (verb) allow to have | |
ratchet | n: a mechanical device with a toothed wheel that can rotate in only one direction used to transmit or control motion or to prevent backward movement | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
lineage | n: the ancestry of a person, group, or species | |
accumulate | v: to collect or acquire a large number of things over a long period of time | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
meltdown | n: a severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping; a situation in which something fails or weakens suddenly or dramatically | |
compromise | v: to settle a problem or disagreement by mutual concession | |
extinction | n: the complete disappearance of a species from the earth | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
unfold | v: to open up or spread out something that is folded or rolled up; to reveal or disclose something that was previously hidden or unknown | |
observe | v: to watch or notice something carefully, often to gather information or insights; to take note of something or someone; to celebrate or commemorate a special event or occasion | |
accumulation | n: an amount of something obtained via natural growth or addition | |
stick | v: to put something, usually a sharp object, into something; to restrict yourself to doing or using one certain thing and not change; (noun) a thin piece of wood or other material | |
insect | n: any small creature that has six legs and a body divided into three sections | |
absent | adj: not present in a particular place at a particular time | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
circumvent | v: to go around, avoid, or bypass something, often to achieve an intended goal or objective; to outmaneuver or outsmart a person or obstacle | |
whip | v: to hit a person or an animal severely with a thin, flexible stick with a cord or leather thong at the end, as a punishment, discipline, etc. | |
hybrid | adj: composed of different elements or mixed characters | |
genome | n: the complete set or sequence of genes of a human, animal, plant, or other living things | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
rot | v: to decay, or cause something to decay, naturally and gradually | |
fungus | n: a type of organism that includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms, which are heterotrophic, meaning they do not produce their food and must consume organic matter to survive | |
bacteria | n: single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms that exist in large numbers in the air, water, and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease | |
algae | n: A simple plant that grows in or near water and lacks typical leaves and roots | |
unclear | adj: poorly stated or described and therefore not easy to understand; not easy to perceive | |
untangle | v: to separate or straighten out something that is tangled, confused, or complicated; to clarify or make sense of something difficult to understand or explain | |
mystery | n: something difficult to understand or explain; a secret or enigmatic quality that adds to the fascination or interest of something; a genre of fiction that involves the solution of a crime or a puzzle |