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Language Development

Unit 12 : Animal World

The Medusa and the Snail

 

 

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abundance	plenty, large quantity	प्रचुरता
acquaintances	relatives	परिचितहरू
affinity	a feeling of identification, similarity, resemblance	आत्मीयता
affixed	stacked, attached or fastened something	टाँसिएको
allude	mention indirectly, suggested indirectly, hinted at	अप्रत्यक्ष रूपमा सुझाव, संकेत
ambiguity	doubt about the meaning, confusion	अस्पष्टता
anemone	a plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves	बटरकप परिवारको विरुवा
arthropod	an invertebrate animal	एक प्रकारको जनावर
basking	to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere	न्यानो ठाँउमा सुत्नु वा आराम गर्नु
biomass	plant or animal material used as fuel	बायोमास
calcification	the accumulation of calcium salts	क्याल्सियम लवण को संचय
configuration	arrangement of parts, pattern, design	भागहरुको व्यवस्था, ढाँचा,
Coral polyps	tiny little animals that are related to anemones and jellyfish	साना साना जनावरहरू
descendant	a successor, offspring	उत्तराधिकारी, सन्तान
drift	be carried along, move aimlessly	बहावमा
entities	objects, things	वस्तुहरू
entrapped	trap, catch	फँसिएको
erythrocyte	a red blood cell	रातो रक्त कोषिका
exquisitely	extremely beautiful and delicate manner	उत्कृष्ट रूपमा
finicky	extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards	विशेष स्वाद
flagellae	to swim, to drive	पौडी खेल्नु
gastropod	snails and slugs	शंखेकिरा
glycoproteins	proteins which contain oligosaccharide chains/glycans attached to amino acid side-chains	प्रोटीन
insatiable	greedy	लोभी, अतृप्त
invertebrate	lacking a spinal column	स्पाइनल स्तम्भ नभएको
lectins	carbohydrate-binding proteins	प्रोटीन
legume	plants of the legume family such as peas or beans	मटर वा सिमी
locus	the position in a chromosome of a particular gene	विशेष जीन
medusa	a jellyfish	जेलीफिश
metamorphosis	change of form in an individual after hatching	कोरल्नु
motile	capable of movement, free, migrant	गतिशील
nodules	lump, swelling	गाँठो, सुन्निने
nuclei	the central and most important part of an object	सबैभन्दा महत्वपूणर् भाग
nudibranch	a common sea slug	शंखेकिरा
olfactory	relating to the sense of smell	गन्धसँग सम्बन्धित
predation	killing by one living organism of another for food	शिकार
progeny	descendants of a person, animal, or plant, offspring	सन्तान
radial	center	केन्द्र
rim	the outer often curved or circular edge or border of something	किनारा
segregate	separate people or things, isolate or divide	अलग गर्नु
snobberies	snobbish conduct, arrogant	घमण्डी आचरण, अहंकारी
solitary	done alone, single	एकल
sturgeon	species of fish	माछा को प्रजाति
tentacles	a slender, flexible limb or appendage in an animal	लचिलो अंग
tethered	rope attached to an animal, tied animal with a rope	डोरीले बाँधिएको
transiently	short in duration, not for a long period of time	क्षणिक रूपमा
tumble	to fall quickly and without control, drop steeply, move hastily	गडबड
twirl	spin around quickly	घुमाउरो
vestigial	no longer functional, reaming, servicing	पुनः सेवा, खोजी