1
Q
ap-
A
bee
2
Q
aquil-
A
eagle
3
Q
asin-
A
donkey, ass
4
Q
av-
A
bird
5
Q
bov-
A
ox or cow
6
Q
can-
A
dog
7
Q
capr-
A
he-goat
8
Q
equ-
A
horse
9
Q
fel-
A
cat
10
Q
leon-
A
lion
11
Q
lup-
A
wolf
12
Q
ov-
A
sheep
13
Q
pisc-
A
fish
14
Q
porc-
A
pig
15
Q
simi-
A
monkey
16
Q
taur-
A
bull
17
Q
vacc-
A
cow
18
Q
vulp-
A
fox
19
Q
adolesc-, adult
A
to grow up
20
Q
avuncle-
A
uncle
21
Q
fili-
A
son or daughter
22
Q
fratr-
A
brother
23
Q
matr-
A
mother
24
Q
nepot-
A
nephew
25
patr-
father
26
puer-
boy
27
soror-
sister
28
nepotism
the practice among those with power of favouring relatives
29
capricious
given to sudden and unpredictable changes in mood or behaviour
30
avuncular
kind towards a younger or less experienced person
31
patrimony
property inherited from a male ancestor/father
32
auspicious
favourable or conducive to success
33
apiculture
beekeeping
34
matrix
the cultural, social, or political enviornment in which something develops
35
puerile
childishly silly and immature
36
fraternise
associate or form a friendship with someone, wespecially when not supposed to
37
leopard collective noun
leap of leopards
38
dog collective
pack of dogs
39
hippos collective
crash of hippos
40
kittens collective
kindle of kittens
41
owls colelctive
parliament of owls
42
monkeys collective
troop of monkeys
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racehorse collective
a string of racehorses
44
thieves colelctive
gang of thieves
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savages collective
horde of savages
46
actors collective
company of actors
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angels collective
a host of angels
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friends collective
a party of friends
49
policemen collective
a posse of policement
50
directors collective
board of directors
51
Who invented binomial classification
Aristotle (4th century BC). In greek.
52
The International Code of Botanical and Biological Nomenclature
Carl von Linne or Carolus Linnaeus. changed binomial classification into Latin and expanded it.
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Fiscal shrike
bird which catches its prey and impales them on throns or sharp objects. "Fiscal" = purse or treasure, referring to the treasures awaiting the burd inside the purse/stomach of dead animal
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