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  2. Manta ray - Wikipedia

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    The edges of the jaws line up while in devil rays, the lower jaw shifts back when the mouth closes. [12]: 14 Manta rays and devil rays are the only ray species that have evolved into filter feeders. [6] Manta rays have dorsal slit-like spiracles, traits which they share with the devil fish and Chilean devil ray. [8]

  3. Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf - Wikipedia

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    Like Tibbie, Jonie is usually gentle and kind. She tends to scold the boy goats (Weslie, Sparky, and Paddi) but still hangs out and cares for them. She has a small pink heart-shaped satchel that she wears as well as a matching ribbon and red shoes. She has a purple pet owl called 'Nuan-Nuan' (warm-warm).

  4. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    Nazar (amulet) Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop. An eye bead or naẓar (from Arabic ‏ نَظَر ‎ [ˈnaðˤar], meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye. The term is also used in Azerbaijani ...

  5. Cutting back on indoor heating costs? Here are 25 ways to ...

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    You usually wrap it in something, maybe a thin towel.”. 2. Move your body. Physical activities like indoor exercise or dancing can help you warm up, but don’t get to the point where you’re ...

  6. You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia

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    The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrases "you can't have it both ways" and "you can't have the best of both worlds." For those unfamiliar with it, the proverb may sound confusing due to the ambiguity of the word 'have', which can mean 'keep' or 'to have in one's possession', but which can also be used as a synonym for 'eat' (e.g. 'to ...

  7. Ray tracing (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    The idea behind ray casting, the predecessor to recursive ray tracing, is to trace rays from the eye, one per pixel, and find the closest object blocking the path of that ray. Think of an image as a screen-door, with each square in the screen being a pixel. This is then the object the eye sees through that pixel.

  8. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native ...

  9. Singlish vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    stay on topic – (Western English) meaning to tell the person not to change the subject. E.g. "oi, stay on topic lah you!" (meaning "this is not relevant") steady pom pi pi — (From Unknown) Used to describe someone who keeps their cool under pressure or in the face of a massive crisis. suay – (From Hokkien/Teochew 衰 soe) Unlucky. [44]