Términos

Members of the family comprising over 330 species of fruit- and seed-eating birds of the tropics and southern hemisphere, with a short, downcurved, hooked bill, grasping feet, a raucous voice, and often brightly colored plumage. Parrots have been kept as cage birds since ancient times for their bright colors and ability to imitate human speech.

Members of an order containing 40 families of small insects that are destructive to books, feeding upon the paste in the bindings.

Literary genre that emphasizes interior characterization, including the motives and circumstances that lead to plot actions.

Vasijas de la Antigua Grecia usadas para enfriar vino, con un cuerpo que se va angostando hacia la base y montadas sobre un pedestal o pie alto.

A large group of around 20,000 species of flowerless, seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward, reproducing by spores. The ferns are an ancient lineage of plants, dating back to at least the Devonian; during the Palaeozoic, tree-ferns grew several meters tall. The ferns include three living groups (Marattiales, Ophioglossales, and leptosporangiate ferns) and two or more extinct groups. An additional group, the Psilotales, is tentatively included in the ferns, although the group is vastly different from living ferns and its relationships are uncertain. The ferns group is also referred to as Polypodiophyta or Polypodiopsida when classified as a subdivision of tracheophyta (vascular plants).

Family of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks (saltwater clams). Some members of this family are noted for producing pearls.

Order of large and medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks.

Bivalves separated by some into a subclass based on shell structure.

Genus of tropical trees containing over 30 species noted for their broadly winged circular fruits and including many kinds valued for their hard, often red, wood, some of which are padauk, amboyna, mukwa, barwood, or narra. Some species are used produce a fugitive red dyestuff containing santalin that has been used for textiles and tanning leather. The dye is soluble in alcohol, but insoluble in water. It was used commercially to produce mock turkey red dyes. The scientific name is a Latinized ancient Greek term meaning "winged fruit," in reference to the shape of the seed pod.

Species of hardwood often harvested for burl veneer.

Species of large deciduous tree native to areas of southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, valued for hard, rose-colored wood.

Species of medium-sized tree native to southeastern Asia: northeastern India, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand, valued for its hard yellowish-red wood

Species of hardwood valued as source for wood veneer.

Order containing 16 species in one family of stocky, pigeon-like ground birds with short legs, fast flight, and feeding upon seeds and insects in the deserts of Africa and Asia.

Pasadizos entre les paredes de la cella de un templo clásico y las columnas del peristilo.

Extinct order of extinct flying reptiles of the Mesozoic order characterized by having a fourth digit of each forelimb prolonged to a great length to support a wing membrane for active flight.

Material que comprende las espinas huecas y afiladas de un puerco espín, equidna o erizo. Utilizado por los pueblos originarios norteamericanos para bordado ornamental y otros propósitos decorativos.

Pelo puntiagudo y esbelto modificado que se proyecta desde el cuerpo de un animal.

Instalación de refresco público con más énfasis en la bebida, normalmente alcohólica, que en la comida o en los entretenimientos, lo cual, si se proporciona, generalmente tiene lugar en salas separadas y frecuentemente traseras, y sin ofrecer acomodación. Use "salón" para lugares similares pero en los que se ofrecen entretenimientos escenificados en la sala principal. Use "hostería" para establecimientos que ofrecen acomodación pública así como refrescos generales, pero no entretiene.

Etapa de desarrollo físico en que los seres vivientes llegan a ser capaces de la reproducción sexual, marcada por la maduración de los órganos reproductivos y el desarrollo de las caracterísiticas sexuales secundarias. En los seres humanos usualmente ocurre entre los 10 y 15 años y en Norte América, por el derecho común, es definido como la edad de 14 para niños y de 12 para niñas.