A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory...
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up PET, pet, pêt, pět, or Pet. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pet is an animal kept primarily for company, protection or entertainment. Pet or...
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Positron emission tomography (redirect from PET scanner)
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes...
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Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. It was initially met with...
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A virtual pet (also known as a digital pet, artificial pet, or pet-raising simulation) is a type of artificial human companion. They are usually kept for...
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A pet peeve, pet aversion, or pet hate is a minor annoyance that an individual finds particularly irritating to a greater degree than the norm. The noun...
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Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted...
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Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur...
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(better known as PET-CT or PET/CT) is a nuclear medicine technique which combines, in a single gantry, a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner and an...
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Look up pets, petted, or petting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PETS or Pets may refer to: Pets (film), a 1974 film Pets (2002 film), directed by...
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Dog (redirect from Dogs as our pets)
the most popular pet in the United States, present in 34–40% of households. In developed countries, around 20% of dogs are kept as pets, while 75% of the...
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Look up Petter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Petter may refer to: Petter (given name) Petter (surname) Petter (rapper), stage name of Swedish rapper...
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The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology...
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Pet Rock is a collectible toy made in 1975 by advertising executive Gary Dahl. They were rocks packaged in custom cardboard boxes complete with ventilation...
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Pet sitting is the act of temporarily taking care of another person's pet for a given time frame. It commonly occurs at the pet owner's home, but may...
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Most United States presidents have kept pets while in office, or pets have been part of their families. Only James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Donald...
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Look up pet shop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pet shop or pet store is an essential services retailer which sells animals and pet care resources...
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A pet cemetery is a cemetery for pets. Although the veneration and burial of beloved pets has been practiced since ancient times, burial grounds reserved...
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Pet adoption is the process of transferring responsibility for a pet that was previously owned by another party. Common sources for adoptable pets are...
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Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have...
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exotic pet is a pet which is relatively rare or unusual to keep, or is generally thought of as a wild species rather than as a domesticated pet. The definition...
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A teacher's pet is a student who is viewed most favorably by their teacher in a school. They can be viewed unsympathetically by other students due to...
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Pet toys can refer to toys intended for pet animals, or to toys that take the form of pets. Examples include: Cat toy - toys for pet cats Chew toy - most...
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Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by Stephen King. Pet Sematary may also refer to: Pet Sematary (1989 film), a horror film based on the Stephen King...
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The Taieri Pet is a lenticular cloud formation that occurs in the Strath-Taieri region of Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. The cloud formation...
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Polyethylene terephthalate (redirect from PET-P)
Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the...
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Look up teacher's pet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Teacher's Pet may refer to: Teacher's pet, a phenomenon Teacher's Pet (1930 film), a 1930 two-reel...
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Giga Pets are digital pet toys that were first released by Tiger Electronics in the United States in 1997 in the midst of a virtual-pet toy fad. Available...
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Pet is a 2016 psychological thriller film directed by Carles Torrens, written by Jeremy Slater, and starring Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy...
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"The Pet Goat" (often erroneously called "My Pet Goat") is a grade-school-level reading exercise composed by American educationalist Siegfried "Zig" Engelmann...
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