Year: 2013

“THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH” . /ˌælɪɡˈzændrɪə/ or /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndrɪə/ ‘arabic’ –> الإسكندرية al-Iskandariyyah ‘egyptian arabic’ –> اسكندرية Eskendereyyah ‘coptic’ –> Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Rakotə . (“alexandria” is the […]

-as of [16 OCTOBER 2025]- . (‘animal fats’ are complex mixtures of ‘triglycerides’ (stored energy)…) . (…with lesser amounts of both the [‘phospholipids’ / ‘cholesterol’ molecules] from which […]

. *SATELLITE VIEW* . *GREENWICH PARK* . *PRONUNCIATION AUDIO LINK* . /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ /ˈɡrɪnɪtʃ/ /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ . *the royal borough of greenwich is a ‘london borough’ in ‘south-east london’ (/ […]

. “SYNAPSIDS” “SAUROPSIDS” . (from greek ἀμνίον amnion, “membrane surrounding the fetus”) (earlier “bowl in which the blood of sacrificed animals was caught”) from ἀμνός amnos, “lamb”) […]

. -as of [13 MARCH 2025]– . -in ‘medicine’, a pulse represents the tactile ‘arterial palpation’ of the ‘heartbeat’ by ‘trained fingertips’- . (the ‘pulse’ may be palpated in any […]

*27 GOVERNORATES* —> *MATROUH* “ALEXANDRIA” *BEHEIRA* *KAFR EL SHEIKH* *DAKAHLIA* *DAMIETTA* *PORT SAID* *NORTH SINAI* *GHARBIA* *MONUFIA* *QALYUBIA* *SHARQIA* *ISMALIA* *GIZA* *FAIYUM* *CAIRO* *SUEZ* *SOUTH […]

*BRACHYURA* . (“pleocyemata” is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by ‘martin burkenroad’ in 1963) . Burkenroad’s classification replaced the earlier sub-orders of Natantia and Reptantia with the monophyletic groups Dendrobranchiata (prawns) and Pleocyemata. Pleocyemata […]

*PLEOCYEMATA* . (literally “10-footed”) . *the decapoda / decapods  are an order of crustaceans within the class ‘malacostraca’, including many familiar groups, such as [crayfish / crabs / lobsters / prawns […]

. “AMNIOTES” “AN-AMNIOTES” . -“reptiliomorpha” is a ‘clade’ containing the ‘amniotes’ and those ‘tetrapods’ that share a more recent common ancestor with ‘amniotes’ than with […]