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Scottish Terrier
akcgroup = Terrier
| akcstd = ankcgroup = Group 2
| ankcstd = ckcgroup = Group 4 - Terriers
| ckcstd = country = Scotland
| fcigroup = 3
| fcinum = 73
| fcisection = 2
| fcistd = image = Scotish_terrier_burleska_2005.jpg
| image_caption = A black Scottish Terrier
| kcukgroup = Terrier
| kcukstd = name = Scottish Terrier
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Scour
Scour Inc. was a search engine for multimedia on the Internet, and provided Scour Exchange, an early peer-to-peer file exchange service. Scour was founded by five students from the Computer Science Dept. of the UCLA in 1997. It moved into the spotlight in 1999 when former Disney president Michael Ovitz bought about a quarter of its shares.
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Scouting
Scouting, or the Scout movement, is a worldwide youth organization of multiple organizations for both boys and girls whose aim is to develop young people physically, spiritually and mentally so that youth may take a constructive place in society. This is achieved through non-formal education with emphasis on practical activities in the outdoors, using the so-called Scout method with programs targeted for various age groups.
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Scrabble
Scrabble is a popular word game and board game in which 2-4 players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a 1515 game board. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion, and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works that provide a list of permissible words, some of which are rarely found in standard English writing, are also available.
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Scrambled eggs
Scrambled eggs is a dish made from the lightly beaten combined Egg white and Egg yolk of two or more Egg, sometimes with a little milk or water added, and stirred while cooking. The dish is most commonly consumed at breakfast time.
To make scrambled eggs, the eggs are first scrambled, or beaten, with a whisk or fork to blend the albumen and yolk.
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Scrap
Scrap is a term used to describe the recycling of metal. Old, unwanted metal such as vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials, are taken to a wrecking yard, where they are processed for later melting into new products.
A scrapyard, depending on its location, may allow customers to browse their lot and purchase items before they are sent to the smelters although many scrap yards that deal in large quantities of scrap usually do not, often selling entire units such as engines or machinery by weigh
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Scrape
Scrape may refer to:
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Scrapper
Scrapper is the name of a character in the Transformers Universe.
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Scrapple
Scrapple is a savory mush in which cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour, are simmered with pork scraps and trimmings, then formed into a loaf. Small scraps of meat left over from butchering, too small to be used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste, a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition.
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Scratch awl
A scratch awl is a woodworking layout tool. It is used to scribe a line to be followed by a hand saw or chisel when making woodworking joints and other operations.
The scratch awl is basically a steel spike with its tip sharpened to a fine point. The tip of the spike is drawn across the timber, leaving a shallow groove.
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Scrawl
Scrawl were a band from Columbus, Ohio. The founding members were Marcy Mays, Sue Harshe, and Carolyn O'Leary. Their first show, in the summer of 1985, was a 20-minute opening spot for the Meat Puppets. Their first album, Plus, Also, Too, was released in 1987 on the No Other record label.
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Screamer
The Screamers are a small family of birds, the Anhimidae. For a long time they were thought to be related to the Galliformes, but they are truly related to the ducks,, most closely to the Magpie-goose, but have bills looking more like those of game birds.
The three species occur only in South America, ranging from Venezuela to northern Argentina.
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Scree
Scree or detritic cone is a term given to broken Rock that appears at the bottom of crags, mountain cliffs or valley shoulders. The maximum inclination of such deposits corresponds to the angle of repose of the mean debris size.
The term scree comes from the Old Norse term for landslide: skriaterm scree is generally used interchangeably with talus, though scree often refers to rocks that are small, while talus can refer to rocks larger than scree.mountaineerings screes
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Screech
Screech is the mascot of the Washington Nationals. He is a bird -- described by the team as an eagle, despite his strong resemblance to a chicken -- that wears the home cap and jersey of the team. He was "hatched" on April 17, 2005 at the "Kids Opening Day" promotion at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.
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Screen door
A screen door can refer to a hinged storm door covering an exterior door or the sliding screen door used on a sliding patio door. In either case, the screen door incorporates screen mesh to keep flying insects from getting in to the living spaces. For the purposes of this description, a screen door will be considered to be the type used on a sliding patio door.
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Screen Test
Screen Test was a British children's quiz show produced by the BBC during the 1970s and early 1980s. It was presented initially by Michael Rodd and then Brian Trueman and Mark Curry in later series. Contestants were shown a series of film clips, with each one being followed by a series of questions either specifically about the content of the clip or more generally about the film from which it came.
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Screener
A screener is an advance video or DVD copy of a film sent to critics, awards voters, video stores, and other movie industry professionals, including Film producers and distributors. Often, each individual screener is sent out with distinct markings, which allow copies of a screener to be tracked to their source.
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Screw
A screw is a shaft with a helix groove or screw thread formed on its surface and provision at one end to turn the screw. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque into linear force.
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Screw thread
The screw and nut pair can be used to convert torque into linear force. As the screw is rotated, the screw moves along its axis through the fixed nut, or the non-rotating nut moves along the lead-screw.
A screw thread is a helix or tapered structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force.
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Screwdriver
A screwdriver is a device specifically designed to insert and tighten, or to loosen and remove, screws. The screwdriver comprises a head or tip which engages with a screw, a mechanism to apply torque by rotating the tip, and some way to position and support the screwdriver. A typical hand screwdriver comprises an approximately cylindrical handle of a size and shape to be held by a human hand, and an axial shaft fixed to the handle, the tip of which is shaped to fit a particular type of screw.
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Scribe
This is about scribe, the profession. For the New Zealand rapper, please see Scribe. For scribing in graffiti, see scribing.
Scribe is an ancient profession, a person who could read and write. This usually indicated secretarial and administrative duties such as dictation and keeping business, judicial, and history records for rulers such as monarch, nobility, temples#religion, and cities.
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Scriber
Scribers are hand tools used in the metal trades to mark lines on workpieces, prior to machining. They consist simply of a rod of high-carbon steel, in its hardened state, that has been sharpened to a point at one or both ends. They are used by drawing the point over the surface of the workpiece to leave a shallow scratch on its surface.
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Scrimshaw
Scrimshaw is the name given to handiwork created by whalings made from the byproducts of harvesting marine mammals. It is most commonly made out of the bones and tooth of Sperm Whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. It takes the form of elaborate carvings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or tooth, with the engravings highlighted using a pigment, or small sculptures made from the same material.
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Scriptorium
A scriptorium is a room devoted to the hand-lettered copying of manuscripts. Before the invention of printing by moveable type, a scriptorium was a normal adjunct to a library. After the active destruction of classical libraries in the wake of the Theodosius I of the 390s and the collapse of public institutions in general, scriptoria were entirely in Christian hands, from the early 5th century onwards.
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Scrivener
A scrivener was traditionally a person who could literacy. This usually indicated secretary and administration duties such as dictation and keeping business, judicial, and history records for monarchs, nobility, temples, and municipality.
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Scrofula
Scrofula refers to a variety of skin diseases; in particular, a form of tuberculosis, affecting the lymph nodes of the neck. In adults it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in children by nontuberculous mycobacteria. The word comes from the Latin scrofulae, meaning brood sow.
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Scroll saw
A scroll saw is a small electric or pedal operated saw useful for cutting intricate curves where a jigsaw or coping saw is not appropriate. It is somewhat similar to a band saw, but unlike band saws, where the sawblade is a continuous loop, scroll saws use sawblades similar to those used by coping saws and operate through a reciprocating up and down motion.
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Scrophularia
The genus Scrophularia of the family Scrophulariaceae comprises about 200 species of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as figworts. Members of Scrophularia all share square Plant stem, opposite Leaf and open two-lipped flowers forming clusters at the end of their stems.
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Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, is a family of plants. The type genus is Scrophularia Carolus Linnaeus.
In the past it was treated as comprising about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but its circumscription has been radically altered since numerous molecular phylogenies have shown the traditional circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic.
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Scrotum
In some male mammals, the scrotum is a bag of skin and muscle containing the testicles. It is an extension of the abdomen, and is located between the penis and anus. The female Homology during fetal development is the labia majora.
In humans, and some other mammals, the base of the scrotum becomes covered with pubic hair at puberty.
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Scrub-bird
Scrub-birds are shy, secretive, ground-dwelling birds of the family Atrichornithidae. There are just two species, one of them rare and very restricted in its range, the other so rare that until 1961 it was thought to be extinct. Both are native to Australia.
The scrub-bird family is ancient and is understood to be most closely related to the lyrebirds, and probably also the bowerbirds and Australasian treecreeper.
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SCSI
SCSI stands for "Small Computer System Interface", and is a standardization interface and SCSI command for transferring data between peripheral devices on both internal and external computer buses. It is pronounced "scuzzy".. The name is historical; since the mid-1990s, SCSI has been used on even the largest of computer systems.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving is the term used to describe the use of a self-contained breathing set to stay underwater for periods of time greater than the average individual can breath-hold. The diver carries all equipment necessary for diving and is not reliant upon equipment elsewhere to supply breathing gas or other support during the dive.
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Scud
Scud is a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and exported widely to other countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies. The Russian names for the missile are the R-11 and R-300 Elbrus .
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Sculpin
A Sculpin is a fish that belongs to the Order Scorpaeniformes, Suborder Cottoidei and Superfamily Cottoidea that contains 11 families. Sculpin families include: Cottocomephoridae, Cottidae, Icelidae, Rhamphocottidae, and Psychrolutidae. Various species of this large family live in salt or fresh water.
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Sculpture
A sculpture is a Dimension#Spatial dimensions, human-made object selected for special recognition as art. A persons who creates sculptures is called a sculptor.
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Sculptured
Sculptured is an USA metal music band.
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Scup
The Scup or porgy, Stenotomus chrysops, is a fish which occurs primarily in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to South Carolina.
Scup grow as large as 18 inches and weigh 3 to 4 lb, but they average 1/2 - 1 lb.
In the Middle Atlantic Bight, scup spawn along the inner continental shelf.
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Scuppernong
A scuppernong is a large type of muscadine, a type of grape native to the present-day southeastern United States. It usually has a greenish or bronze color, and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder and about 50% larger.
Its name comes from its original place of production, Scuppernong, North Carolina, where it was first grown during the 17th century, a name itself tracing back to the Algonquin word ascopo for the sweet bay tree.
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Scurrilous
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Scurvy
Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C, which is required for correct collagen synthesis in humans. The scientific name of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the latin name of scurvy, scorbutus. Scurvy leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all mucous membranes.
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Scute
A scute or scutum is a horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles. They are similar to scale, but unlike scales, they are derived from the Epidermis. The term is also used to describe the scales of some armored mammals, such as the armadillo and the extinct glyptodon, and is occassionally used as an alternative to scales in the case of snake scales.
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Scutellaria
Scutellaria is a genus of about 300 species of plants commonly known as skullcaps. The genus is widespread in temperate regions and on tropical mountains.
Most are annual or perennial herbaceous plants from 5 cm to 1 m tall, but a few are subshrubs; some are aquatic. They have four-angled stems and opposite leaf.
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Scylla
In Greek mythology, Scylla, or Skylla was a name shared by two characters, a female sea monster and a scylla .
Scylla is one of the two sea monsters in Greek mythology which lives on one side of a narrow channel of water. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other, so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis will pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.
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Scythe
A scythe is an agriculture hand tool for mowing and reaping grass or agriculture. It consists of a long wooden shaft called a snath with a perpendicular handle at one end and another roughly in the middle. The handle at the end of the snath could be omitted but the handle in the middle of the snath is a must, as it is used to control the position of the blade.
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Scythia
Scythia comprised an area in Eurasia whose location and extent varied over time. Scythians at various times inhabited:
* the Caucasus area, including Azerbaijan, Georgia
* Central Asian steppes: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
* the Altay Mountains region where present-day Mongolia, China, Russia, and Kazakhstan come together
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Sea
A sea is a large expanse of salinity connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in the tropical sea or down to the sea shore, or even sea water referring to water of the ocean.
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Sea anemone
Named after a terrestrial flower, the anemone, sea anemones form a group of water-dwelling, filter feeder animals of the order Actinaria. As a cnidarian, the sea anemone is closely related to coral and jellyfish. Other close relations to the sea anemone are the solitary, tube-dwelling anemones and the hydra.
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Sea breeze
A sea-breeze is a wind from the sea that develops over land near coasts.
Because it is a transparent liquid the ocean is warmed by the sun to a greater depth than the land. The sea therefore has a greater capacity for absorbing heat than does the land and so the surface of the sea warms up more slowly than the land's surface.
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Sea Change
Sea Change is a folk rock album by Beck and was released in September 2002. Inspired by the dissolution of a relationship, Sea Change received glowing reviews upon its release and is considered a major highlight in Beck's canon of released works.
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Sea chub
The sea chubs are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.
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Sea cucumber
The sea cucumber is an echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin and is mostly found on the sea floor worldwide. It is so named because of its cucumber-like shape.
Like all echinoderms, sea cucumbers have an endoskeleton just below the skin.
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Sea Dogs
Sea Dogs is a 2000 computer role-playing game for Microsoft Windows video game developer by Akella and published by Bethesda Softworks. In it, the player is the captain of a ship and can serve as a privateer to a European power, or as a pirate.
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Sea fan
A sea fan is a form of sessile colony cnidarian, similar to a sea pen or a soft coral, found in tropical and subtropical seawater. Individual tiny polyps form a colony that is erect, flattened, branching, and reminiscent of a fan. A colony can be several foot high and across but only a few inches thick.
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Sea hare
Sea hares are small marine gastropod molluscs of the suborder Anaspidea in the subclass Orthogastropoda, class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca. Their common name derives from the projections on their bodies which somewhat resemble rabbit ears. Their scientific name is derived from the Greek language for "without a shield" and refers to the lack of the head shield which characterises other members of the Opisthobranchia.
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Sea holly
The Sea holly is a species of Eryngium in the plant family Apiaceae and native to most European coastlines. The protected dune plant grows to a height of 20 to 60cm and although widespread it is considered endangered. So, for instance, in Germany its occurrence has been greatly reduced throughout and become extinct in some regions.
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Sea lamprey
The sea lamprey is a parasitic lamprey found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, in the western Mediterranean Sea, and in the Great Lakes. It is brown or gray on its back and white or gray on the underside and can grow to be up to 90 cm long. They prey on a wide variety of fish by attaching themselves with their mouths to the skin of a fish and rasping away tissue with its tongue and teeth.
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Sea level
Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult.
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Sea Lion
A sea lion is any of several marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, long front flippers, and the ability to walk on four flippers on land. Sea lions are generally found in coastal waters of the temperate to subpolar regions of both northern hemisphere and southern hemispheres.
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Sea milkwort
Sea milkwort, Sea milkweed, or black saltwort is a plant of the family Myrsinaceae. It grows in coastal habitats, in both wet ground and water, and is a native to Europe and North America. The genus Glaux is monotypic and differs from all other genera of the former Primulaceae in having Petal flowers with a pink, petaloid calyx.
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Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov is a northern section of the Black Sea, linked to the larger body through the Strait of Kerch. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and on the west by the Crimean peninsula.
The Black Sea deluge theory dates the genesis of the Sea of Azov to 5600 BC, and there are traces of Neolithic settlement in the area now covered by it.
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Sea of Marmara
The Sea of Marmara , also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating the Asian part of Turkey from its European part. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Black Sea and the Dardanelles strait to the Aegean.
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Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaido to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.
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Sea Otter
The Sea Otter is a large otter native to the Pacific Ocean, from northern Japan and Kamchatka Peninsula east across the Aleutian Islands south to California. The heaviest of the otters, Sea Otters are the only species within the genus Enhydra.
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Sea pen
Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 14 families within the order; they are thought to have a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate waters worldwide. Sea pens are grouped with the octocorals, together with sea whips and sea feathers.
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Sea raven
Sea ravens are a family, Hemitripteridae of scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on small invertebrates, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific oceans. They are covered in small spines.
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Sea robin
Sea robins are bottom-feeding scorpaeniform fishes in the family Triglidae. They get their name from their large pectoral fins, which, when swimming, open and close like a bird's wings in flight. Two or three of the lower rays in the pectoral fins have no membrane and can be used by the fish to "walk" on the bottom.
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Sea Scout
Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on water-based activities, such as kayaking, canoeing, sail boat, and Watercraft rowing. Depending on the country and the available water these activities are on lakes, rivers or sea in small or large ships.
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Sea serpent
Sea serpents are a kind of sea monster either wholly or partly Serpent . Sightings have been reported for hundreds of years, and recent work by Bruce Champagne indicates that there have been 1200 or more all told. Sea serpents have been seen from both ship and shore, and by multiple persons at once, groups that sometimes count scientists among their number.
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Sea snake
Sea snakes of several different species belong to a group related to the cobras but are aquatic rather than land dwelling. They are only moderately large, rarely exceeding 2 m in length, often with peculiarly small heads for their body-size. The body is compressed as an adaptation for swimming and the snakes are so thoroughly aquatic that they are either clumsy or helpless when brought ashore.
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