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Cinnamon
An evergreen shrub or small tree, particularly Cinnamomum verum, and the spice obtained from the plant's bark. The cinnamon plant (see illustration) is a member of the laurel family (Lauraceae) in the order Laurales. Native to Sri Lanka, the…
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Coral bleaching
The response of corals to environmental stress in which they eject the single-cell algae that live within the transparent coral tissue, making the white coral skeleton visible. Corals (Fig. 1) are animals that live in a partnership (symbiosis) with…
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Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1910–1997)
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Cugnot, Nicolas-Joseph (1725–1804)
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Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882)
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Davis, William Morris (1850–1934)
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Deep-sea fauna
Marine animal life inhabiting the portion of the oceans below the upper limit of the continental slopes. The marine animals that make up the deep-sea fauna live below the photic zone of the oceans. In general, the deep sea may be regarded as that…
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Diving animals
Various species of diving, air-breathing animals. Diving animals, which are found in every class of terrestrial vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals), are air-breathing species that have almost complete freedom in the aquatic…
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