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1 Introduction
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OxfordDictionaryof English: Current Developments
James McCracken
Oxford University Press
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Abstract
This research note describes the early stages of a project
to ... Press,
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Judy Pearsall. 1998.
The New OxfordDictionary of
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... as 'the female' of the colony.
queen control (
ARTHRO: Insecta) In social Hymenoptera, in-
hibitory influence of the queen on the reproductive activi-
ties of workers and other queens. ... to the ctenidial elevator muscles of oysters.
quick muscle see phasic muscle
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temporary cessation of development, or other activity, ... formed from the condensation of three
benzene rings, and aphins, with a nucleus of seven con-
densed benzene rings. see cochineal.
quinones n.pl. [Ab.Am. quinine, bark of barks] 1. Various
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newly emerged soft-bodied individual; callow worker.
tensor a. [L. tendere, to stretch] A muscle that stretches a
part of a body or renders it of use. ... name of a
location thought to be the place of origin of a plant or ani-
mal.
topotype n. [Gr. topos, place; typos, type] A specimen col-
lected at the original type-locality.
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