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Typha
Typha is a genus of about ten species of monocot flowering plants in the monogeneric family, Typhaceae. The genus has a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution, but is essentially cosmopolitan . These plants are known as bulrush or bullrush , cattail , or in some older British texts as reedmace.


Typha latifolia
Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha which grows in temperate, subtropical and tropical areas throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in marshy areas and flowers in mid to late summer. The plant is 1.5 to 3 metres high and it has 2-4 cm broad leaves.


Typhlopidae
Typhlopidae is a family of snakes containing 240 species in 6 genera. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel like burrowing structure. The eyes are covered with scales and teeth occur in the upper jaw.


Typhon
In Greek mythology, Typhon was the final son of Gaia, the Earth, this time by Tartarus, the cavernous void beneath: The inveterate enemy of the Twelve Olympians is described as a vast grisly monster with a Multi-headed animal and a hundred Serpent issuing from his thighs, who was conquered and cast into Tartarus by Zeus, or confined beneath Mount Aetna.


Typhus
This is about the disease Typhus. See Typhus for the monster in Greek mythology, or typhoid fever for an unrelated disease with a similar name.Typhus is a name given to several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacterium. It comes from the Greek language typhos, meaning smoky or hazy, describing the state of mind of those affected with typhus.


Typography
Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting using a combination of Typeface, Point , line length, leading and Kerning and Tracking . Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic artists, art directors, clerical workers, lay users and children.


Tyr
Tyr is the god of single combat and heroic glory in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man. In the late Icelandic Eddas, he is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin or of Hymir , while the origins of his name and his possible relationship to Tuisto suggest he was once considered the father of the gods and head of the pantheon.


Tyramine
In organic chemistry chemistry tyramine is a monoamine Chemical compound derived from the amino acid tyrosine.


Tyranni
The suborder Tyranni of passerine birds include about 1,000 fairly primitive species, the large majority of which are South American. These have a less developed vocal structure than the songbirds in the suborder Passeri, the oscine passerines. Mitochondrial DNA studies have confirmed that the Tyranni and Passeri suborders are genetically distinct.


Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is one of the dinosaurs most often featured in popular culture around the world. It hails from what is now western North America.


Tyrant
A tyrant possesses absolute power through the people in a state or in an organization: one refers to this mode of rule as a tyranny. In ancient Greece, tyrants were generally aristocrats who had gained power over the others by getting the support of the poor people by giving them land, freeing them from slavery, etc.


Tyrant flycatcher
The tyrant flycatchers are a large family of passerine Avess which occur throughout North America and South America, but are mainly tropical in distribution. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They are members of suborder Tyranni and so do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds.


Tyre
Tyre is a city in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon. With 117,100 inhabitants , Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about 23 miles north of Acre, Palestine, and 20 miles south of Sidon. The name of the city means "rock" .


Tyrian purple
Tyrian purple, also known as royal purple or imperial purple, is a purple-red dye made by the ancient Canaanites/Phoenicians in the city of Tyre, from a mucus-secretion of the hypobranchial gland of a marine snail known as the Murex brandaris or the spiny dye-murex.


Tyrol
The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the States of Austria of Tyrol and the Regions of Italy known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. For the Roman history of the region, see Raetia.


Tyrosine
Tyrosine , 4-hydroxyphenylalanine, or 2-amino-3-propanoic acid, is one of the 20 amino acids that are used by cell to protein biosynthesis proteins. It has a phenol side chain with a hydroxyl group. Upon the location of the hydroxyl group, there are three structural isomers of Tyr, namely para-Tyr , meta-Tyr and ortho-Tyr .


Tyrosinemia
Tyrosinemia is an error of metabolism, usually inborn, in which the body can not effectively break down the amino acid tyrosine, found in most animal and plant proteins. Tyrosinemia is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. There are three types of tyrosinemia, each with distinctive symptoms and caused by the deficiency of a different enzyme.


Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. It is bounded by Corsica and Sardinia Liguria , Tuscany, Latium, Campania, and Calabria , and Sicily . The maximum depth of the sea is 3785 m. The Tyrrhenian Sea is situated near the Geological fault; therefore mountain chains and active volcanoes are in its depths.


Tyto
The genus Tyto includes all Tytonidae, except for the Bay Owls. They are darker on the back than the front, usually an orange-brown colour, the front being a paler version of the back or mottled, although there is considerable variation even amongst species. Tyto owls have a divided, heart-shaped facial disc, and lack the ear-like tufts of feathers found in many other owls.


Tytonidae
Barn-owls are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. The barn owls comprise two extant sub-families: the Tytoninae or Tyto owls and the Phodilinae or bay-owls.


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