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A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender. Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron.

(Science: zoology) Tank worm, a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of india, supposed by some to be the young of the guinea worm.

Origin: Pg. Tanque, L. Stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf. Stank.


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... to process insane amounts of data, after 100 years the limbs of these people may not even fully develop so we will have to suspend them in tanks or in space because the gravity will crush their bodies ahh, i can't go on any more hehe Sounds like one of those spice-addicted Steersmen from ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:28 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What would you not do as a biologist
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What would you not do as a biologist

... to process insane amounts of data, after 100 years the limbs of these people may not even fully develop so we will have to suspend them in tanks or in space because the gravity will crush their bodies ahh, i can't go on any more hehe

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by telanerv
Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What would you not do as a biologist
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Freezer Inventory Software – Selen Freezer

... viewed within one window • highly flexible freezer organization: from table type freezer with trays to disorganized shelves and radial nitrogen tanks! • flexible material types: customize your specific material types • automated control of expiry data: always reorder in time • no more chaos ...

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by Selensys
Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:58 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freezer Inventory Software – Selen Freezer
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Why are people so in love with tetrapods?

... Over the years, I've kept many aquaria. Some have had fish, and visitors would watch for a while but would quickly get bored. My favourite tanks, though, are ones where vertebrates were not allowed. I'll go to a pond and scoop up buckets of mud from the bottom, put the mud in a tank of ...

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by wbla3335
Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:03 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Why are people so in love with tetrapods?
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Cuttle Fish

... colors worked. I saw something about a gel that was made based on what was discovered from studying cuttlefish that could be used to camouflage tanks the way cuttlefish camouflage themselves in water (Lol, a cuttlefish tank), but couldn't find any further details as to exactly what physiological ...

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by Anima
Thu May 22, 2008 2:57 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cuttle Fish
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