They can stay alive for six months without eating, but when they eat they eat heartily: a big acanthaster can kill fifty years of coral growth in a night (New Yorker).
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Acanthaster — Acan·thas·ter (a″kan thasґtər) a genus of starfish. A. planґci is the crown of thorns starfish, a venomous species … Medical dictionary
Norfolk dialect — Not to be confused with Norfuk language. The Norfolk dialect, also known as Broad Norfolk, is a dialect that was once, and to a great extent, still is spoken by those living in the county of Norfolk in England. It employs distinctively unique… … Wikipedia
a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… … English syllables
um — abe·ce·dar·i·um; ab·sin·thi·um; acan·tho·cyb·i·um; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; acera·the·ri·um; ach·ro·ma·ti·um; acon·ti·um; ac·ri·din·i·um; ac·ro·tar·si·um; ac·tin·i·um; ac·ti·no·sphae·ri·um; ac·ti·no·trich·i·um; ac·ti·no·ura·ni·um;… … English syllables
pi — ace·to·pro·pi·o·nate; ac·ro·car·pi; ae·gy·pi·i·dae; ae·pi·or·nis; aes·cu·la·pi·an; aes·cu·la·pi·us; ae·so·pi·an; ake·pi·ro; albas·pi·din; alo·pi·as; al·pi·no; am·phi·car·pi·um; an·as·pi·da; an·as·pi·da·cea; an·ci·pi·tis; an·te·lo·pi·an;… … English syllables
6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase — An enzyme that catalyzes a step in the synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin; a deficiency of this enzyme will result in one form of hyperphenylalaninemia. * * * (PTPS) (PTS) 6 py·ru·voyl·tet·ra·hy·drop·ter·in syn·thase (PTPS) (PTS) (pi roo″vo… … Medical dictionary
aldosterone synthase — al·dos·ter·one syn·thase (al dosґtər ōn sinґthās) an isozyme of steroid 11β monooxygenase that catalyzes the last three steps (11 hydroxylation, 18 hydroxylation, and 18 oxidation) in the synthesis of aldosterone from… … Medical dictionary
aldosterone synthase deficiency — al·dos·ter·one syn·thase de·fi·cien·cy (al dosґtər ōn sinґthās) a disorder of steroidogenesis caused by mutations in the CYP11B2 gene (locus: 8q21) that result in a deficiency of aldosterone synthase activity, impairing the… … Medical dictionary
pis — acar·a·pis; ac·i·das·pis; ac·o·la·pis·sa; ad·a·pis; aglas·pis; an·a·pro·tas·pis; an·o·pis·tho·graph·ic; as·pis; as·pis; as·ter·ol·e·pis; at·rac·tas·pis; both·ri·ol·e·pis; ca·lot·ro·pis; ca·lyp·to·pis; ceph·a·las·pis; chi·o·nas·pis;… … English syllables
