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121Bird nest — For animal nests in general, see Nest. For other uses, see Bird s nest. Deep cup nest of the Great Reed warbler A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a… …
122Quoits — For other uses, see Quoit (disambiguation). Quoits Newcastle pit men playing quoits Quoits (koits, kwoits) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike… …
123Shrimp farm — This article is about the farming of marine (saltwater) shrimp. For farming of fresh water species, see freshwater prawn farming. A shrimp farm is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawnsfn|a for human consumption.… …
124cricket — cricket1 cricketlike, adj. /krik it/, n. 1. any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in… …
125steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
126endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …
127number game — Introduction any of various puzzles and games that involve aspects of mathematics. Mathematical recreations comprise puzzles and games that vary from naive amusements to sophisticated problems, some of which have never been solved.… …
128List of The Bill characters (Q-Z) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …
