• In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from...
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    Citrus × sinensis (category Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs)
    to disguise the unpleasant taste of hard water drawn from wells or stored in qullahs (traditional Egyptian water pitchers made of porous clay). In the...
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    and the nyūdō-bōzu told about in legends in the Tōhoku region and the Chūbu region are considered weasels in disguise, and they are also said to shapeshift...
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    Japanese raccoon dog (category Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs)
    and jolly, masters of disguise and shapeshifting but somewhat gullible and absent-minded. The animals have also been common in Japanese art, particularly...
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    Reduvius personatus (category Insects described in 1758)
    Extension. Retrieved 2012-12-26. Wierauch C. 2006. Anatomy of Disguise: Camouflaging Structures in Nymphs of Some Reduviidae (Heteroptera). Am. Mus. Novit....
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  • M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Assertions, such as those by Bryan A. Garner in Garner's Modern English Usage, that "eg" and "ie" style versus "e.g." and...
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    Octopus (redirect from Octopus in mythology)
    F.; Full, R. J. (2005). "Underwater Bipedal Locomotion by Octopuses in Disguise". Science. 307 (5717): 1927. doi:10.1126/science.1109616. PMID 15790846...
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    Japanese spider crab (category Crustaceans described in 1836)
    matching colors to blend into its environment; it simply camouflages in a way that disguises its entire structure. This is most likely because Japanese spider...
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    Cerbalus aravaensis (category Spiders described in 2007)
    made of sand and silk, in order to disguise the entrance from predators. The Sands of Samar, the last remaining sand dunes in the southern Arava region...
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    Lionfish Arrive in Mediterranean". livescience.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020. Doubilet, David (November 1987). "Scorpionfish: Danger in Disguise". National...
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    Camponotus japonicus (category Insects described in 1866)
    Yamaguchi, Mamiko Ozaki, Ryohei Yamaoka (2009). Chemical disguise as particular caste of host ants in the ant inquiline parasite Niphanda fusca (Lepidoptera:...
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    Perentie (category Reptiles described in 1845)
    Cattleman in Disguise. LCT Productions Pty Limited. ISBN 978-1-925441-17-8. Gray, John Edward (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection...
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    A grade is a taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity. The term was coined by British biologist Julian Huxley, to contrast...
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    Swan (section In culture)
    that Helen of Troy was conceived in a union of Zeus disguised as a swan and Leda, Queen of Sparta. Other references in classical literature include the...
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    move about in hives without being disturbed because they mimic the scent of the bees and are not recognised as intruders. If their disguise is discovered...
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    Prosopis cineraria (category Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs)
    in the Mysore Dasara where its worshipped on the Vijay-dashami day. In the Mahabharata, the Pandavas spent their thirteenth year of exile in disguise...
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    Bullough wrote, "In fact, their very success in disguising their sexual orientation to the outside world leads us to hypothesize that lesbianism in the past was...
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    Caraway (category Taxonbars with 35–39 taxon IDs)
    seeds were formerly offered on a tray by publicans to people who wished to disguise the odour of their drinker's breath. "North Carolina State Extension Gardener...
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    Escherichia coli (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
    strains, a phenomenon termed taxa in disguise. Similarly, other strains of E. coli (e.g. the K-12 strain commonly used in recombinant DNA work) are sufficiently...
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  • Scrat (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    was featured in their production logo up until the studio's final film Spies in Disguise.[citation needed] Scrat makes a cameo appearance in the Family...
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    Bougainvillea (category Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs)
    botany. Because she was not allowed on the ship as a woman, she disguised herself as a man in order to make the journey (and thus became the first woman to...
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    Smallpox (category Taxonbars on possible non-taxon pages)
    Anne of Cleves, and his two daughters: Mary I in 1527 and Elizabeth I in 1562. Elizabeth tried to disguise the pockmarks with heavy makeup. Mary, Queen...
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    Painted hornshark (category Taxonbars without primary Wikidata taxon IDs)
    ; O’Neill, Helen L.; Yang, Lei; Naylor, Gavin J. P. (2023). "Species in Disguise: A New Species of Hornshark from Northern Australia (Heterodontiformes:...
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    to lure it in. In the study of animal behavior, this is known as aggressive mimicry. Their unusual shape, colour, and skin textures disguise frogfish....
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    Mimic octopus (category Molluscs described in 2005)
    Indo-Pacific region. Like other octopuses, it uses its chromatophores to disguise itself. It is noteworthy for being able to impersonate a wide variety of...
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    of California Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-520-22323-3. "Photos: Masters of Disguise – Amazing Insect Camouflage". 24 March 2014. Archived from the original...
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    Wolf (redirect from Scent marking in wolves)
    Wolf is portrayed as a villain capable of imitating human speech and disguising itself with human clothing. The character has been interpreted as an allegorical...
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    Emu (redirect from Emu attacks in Australia)
    easy to catch. Another stratagem was for the hunter to use a skin as a disguise, and the birds could be lured into a camouflaged pit trap using rags or...
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    match the top side, while the other side remains white. This color scheme disguises halibut from above (blending with the ocean floor) and from below (blending...
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    background, some cephalopods bioluminesce, shining light downwards to disguise their shadows from any predators that may lurk below. The bioluminescence...
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