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Usado por: fauna

• any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (such as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (such as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation
• any animal that is not a human being

• a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks.

Usado por: equine

• a large solid-hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated since prehistoric times and used as a beast of burden, a draft animal, or for riding

Usado por: leech

• any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end

• Here, with appropriate local subdivision, are entered works on the discipline of ethnology, and works on the origin, distribution, and characteristics of the elements of the population of a particular region or country. Theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture are entered under [Ethnic groups.] Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under [Ethnicity.] General works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups are entered under [Minorities.]

Usado por: Ceremonies, Social customs, Social life and customs, Folkways, Traditions

• Here are entered general works on folkways, customs, ceremonies, festivals, popular traditions, etc., treated collectively.

Usado por: eating, food customs

• subdivision [Food] under ethnic groups

Usado por: Languages

• Here are entered works on language in general, works on the origin and history of language, and surveys of languages. Works dealing with the scientific study of human speech, including phonetics, phonemics, morphology and syntax, are entered under [Linguistics.]

Usado por: Ethnic identities, Peoples (Ethnic groups)

• Here are entered theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture. Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under [Ethnicity.] Works on the discipline of ethnology, and works on the origin, distribution, and characteristics of the elements of the population of a particular region or country are entered under [Ethnology,] with appropriate local subdivision. General works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups are entered under [Minorities.]

Usado por: Nakhi (Chinese people)

• An ethnic group of China who live mainly in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces; some live in Tibet. They speak a Tibeto-Burman language that is closely related to that of the Yi and were estimated in the early 21st century to number more than 300,000.