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Naucrates ductor

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pilotfishnounAlternative spelling of pilot fish. [A marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.]
naucratisnounA city in Ancient Egypt, the only permanent Greek colony there.
naupliusnoun(zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
diophantusnoun(mathematics) A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
nunciusnoun(chiefly theater) A nuntius.
leucippusnoun(philosophy) an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea
nautilusnounA marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
nucellusnoun(botany) The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments.
nomenclatornounOne who assigns or constructs names for persons or objects or classes thereof, as in a scientific classification system.
canaliculusnoun(anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants.
laomedonnounIn Greek mythology, (Lāomédōn, "ruler of the people") a Trojan king, son of Ilus and thus nephew of Ganymede and Assaracus.
phaedrusnounA Roman cognomen.
neurenteric(anatomy) Of or relating to the neuron and the enteron (the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract)
quenouillenounA tree trained to grow in this shape, the shape of a cone.
cricetusnountype genus of the cricetidae: old world hamsters
oceanusnoun(Greek mythology) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
loculusnounA little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
nycticorax nycticoraxnounnight heron of both old and new worlds
casuariusnountype and sole genus of the casuaridae: cassowaries
nuphar luteaNuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily, brandy-bottle, or spadderdock, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.

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