Términos

Genus containing one living species, the koala, and two known extinct species.

Members of a species of small, stout, arboreal marsupial mammal of Australia that feeds on the leaves of certain eucalyptus.

Substances which absorb or release large amounts of so-called ‘latent’ heat when they go through a change in their physical state, i.e. from solid to liquid and vice versa.

Diagrams used to show conditions, of temperature and pressure, under which the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of a substance can coexist in equilibrium.

Refers to a class of techniques used to generate selective, permeable membranes. These processes rely on the phase separation of polymer solutions producing porous polymer films.

Members of a large family containing 38 genera and around 138 species of jungle fowl (from which the domestic chicken is descended), partridge, peacock, pheasant, and quail. Grouse are also sometimes classified as a subfamily of this family rather than a separate family. Some classifications assign the turkey to Phasianidae, whereas several others place it in the family Meleagrididae.

Members of a subfamily containing about 50 living species in 16 genera, comprising long-tailed birds of open woodlands and fields, typically hunted for game. The males of most species are have brightly colored plumage, and the the females are plain. Pheasants are native to Asia, western Europe, and North America.

Capa eclesiástica que llevan los clérigos de la Iglesia Oriental.

Crystalline ester prepared from salicylic and carbolic acids, also known as salol; it is an ultraviolet-absorbing compound used in sun screen preparations and as a stabilizer for cellulosic and vinyl plastics.

Museums specializing in the history of postage stamps, revenue stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, post cards, covers, and similar materials relating to postal or fiscal history.

Variety of Spanish spoken in the Philippines; it includes characteristics of European Spanish and Latin American Spanish.

Masked, comic actors referred to as "gossips" in farces adopted from Greek Middle Comedy plays and especially popular in southern Italy in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. Known principally from vase paintings, these are grotesque figures meant to satirize aspects of everyday life, or as burlesques of mythology.

Family containing 19 species in ten genera, characterized as being highly specialized for aquatic life, returning to dry land or pack ice to breed and give birth, lacking external ears, having sleek streamlined bodies, nipples that can be retracted, internal testicles, a penis in an internal sheath, a layer of blubber under the skin, the ability to divert blood to the blubber level to help control their temperature, fore-flippers that are used primarily for steering, and hind flippers bound to the pelvis in such a way that they cannot be moved under the body for walking.

Genus of evergreen trees and shrubs.

Family containing around three genera and five living species of tall, long-necked, long-legged, pink-colored, large-winged, wading birds with thick downturned bills. The birds were previously classified with the the long-legged Ciconiiformes based on certain physical characteristics, although now they are generally placed in their own family.

Order containing one living family of flamingos.

Úsese para describir obras producidas por el grupo étnico africano de mismo nombre que habita Malawi.