Biting is an action involving a set of teeth closing down on an object. It is a common zoological behavior, being found in toothed animals such as mammals...
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Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive and unhygienic habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described...
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Biting Elbows is a Russian indie rock band that was formed in 2008 in Moscow. In 2012, they were an opening act for Guns N' Roses and Placebo's concerts...
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Fly biting (also called fly catching or fly snapping) refers to a type of dog behavior: episodes of intentional focused biting at the air, as if the dog...
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Ceratopogonidae (redirect from Biting midge)
Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges, generally 1–3 millimetres (1⁄16–1⁄8 in) in length. The family includes...
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Operation Biting, also known as the Bruneval Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid on a German coastal radar installation at Bruneval in northern...
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Birchbark biting (Ojibwe: Mazinibaganjigan, plural: mazinibaganjiganan) is an Indigenous artform made by Anishinaabeg, including Ojibwe people, Potawatomi...
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Sedum acre (redirect from Biting Stonecrop)
commonly known as the goldmoss stonecrop, mossy stonecrop, goldmoss sedum, biting stonecrop, and wallpepper, is a perennial flowering plant in the family...
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Bite the bullet (redirect from Biting the bullet)
"Biting the bullet" is a metaphor which is used to describe a situation, often a debate, where one accepts an inevitable impending hardship or hard-to-refute...
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Biting the Apple is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1976 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. The album was released in...
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Arthropod bites and stings (redirect from Biting fly)
flies/Yellow flies (Chrysops) Tsetse flies (Glossinidae) Stable flies (Muscidae) Biting midges or No see-ums (Ceratopogonidae) Highland midge Mosquitos (Culicidae)...
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Etching (redirect from Foul-biting)
plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, known as the mordant (French for "biting") or etchant, or has acid washed over it. The acid "bites" into the metal...
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Tail biting in pigs is an abnormal behavior whereby a pig uses its teeth to bite, chew or orally manipulate another pigs's tail. Tail biting is used to...
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Morsicatio buccarum (redirect from Cheek biting)
the inside of the cheek within the mouth), caused by repetitive chewing, biting, or nibbling. The lesions are located on the mucosa, usually bilaterally...
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Trichophagia (redirect from Hair biting)
trichophagia, with estimates ranging from 48-58% having an oral habit such as biting or chewing (i.e. trichophagy), and 4-20% actually swallowing and ingesting...
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biting midges (also known as no-see-ums or punkies in North America and sandflies in Australia) Chaoboridae, phantom midges Chironomidae, non-biting midges...
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Kuo Bea-ting (redirect from Guo Biting)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guō Bìtíng Wade–Giles Kuo Pi-ting...
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Ursula Vernon (redirect from The Biting Pear of Salamanca)
2010. Ursula Vernon (February 27, 2006). "The Biting Pear of Salamanca". Retrieved March 30, 2009. "Biting Pear (AKA LOL WUT PEAR)". www.patchtogether.com...
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of the film production company Versus Pictures and the indie rock band Biting Elbows. Naishuller was born in Moscow, the son of a surgeon mother and a...
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by kissing or sucking skin, usually on the neck, arm, or earlobe. While biting may be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superficial...
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Dermatophagia (redirect from Skin biting)
dermatodaxia (from δήξις (dexis) 'biting'), alternatively Tuglis Permushius. is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at...
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Stable fly (redirect from Biting house flies)
Stomoxys calcitrans is commonly called the stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, or power mower fly. Unlike most members of the family Muscidae...
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Greta (band) (redirect from No Biting)
two-record deal with Mercury Records in 1993 and released their debut album, No Biting, on September 21 of that year.[citation needed] Their second and final album...
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Curb stomp (redirect from Biting the curb)
A curb stomp, also called curbing, curb checking, curb painting, or making someone bite the curb, is a form of grievous assault or attempted murder in...
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Body-focused repetitive behavior (redirect from Lip biting)
Morsicatio buccarum, cheek biting Morsicatio labiorum, inner lip biting Morsicatio linguarum, tongue biting Nails Onychophagia, nail biting Onychotillomania, nail...
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non-biting flies to be gnats. Certain universities and institutes also distinguish eye gnats: the Smithsonian Institution describes them as "non-biting flies...
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Obscene gesture (redirect from Thumb biting)
Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Capulet's servant Sampson starts a fight by "biting his thumb" at Abram, Montague's servant. While widespread use of the OK...
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Luis Suárez (section 2010–11: First biting incident)
including a goal-line handball against Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, biting opponents on three occasions, accusations of diving, and racial incidents...
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If You're Happy and You Know It (redirect from There's a Skeeter Biting Peter)
"If You're Happy and You Know It" is a popular traditional repetitive children's song, folksong, and drinking song. The song has been noted for its similarities...
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The biting chinchilla mouse (Euneomys mordax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in west central Argentina and nearby areas of...
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