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Suspended on iron rings from the first pair’s pole was a big wooden casket, known as a cornuta, which was specially designed to carry hot food into conclaves.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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Begonia rostrata, Fleurya aestuans and Ceratopteris cornuta.
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It is also the habitat for the iguana cornuda (Cyclura cornuta), which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and the iguana de Ricord (C. ricordi), the latter being at risk of extinction due to its limited distribution.
Dominican Republic 2009
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Cyrtomaia micronesica is different than its closest relative (Cyrtomaia cornuta from New Caledonia) by shorter basal antennal spines, longer chelipeds, varied male meri and pleopod and a varied carapace.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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It is also the habitat for the iguana cornuda (Cyclura cornuta), which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and the iguana de Ricord (C. ricordi), the latter being at risk of extinction due to its limited distribution.
Dominican Republic 2009
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Notable are horned screamer Anhima cornuta, Orinoco goose Neochen jubata, harpy eagle, black and white hawk-eagle Spizastur melanoleucusCrax globulosa (VU). and wattled curassow
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Also a great variety of tropical marine birds including rufescent tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), wood stork (Mycteria americana), and horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) are just a few species present in this ecoregion, not to mention invertebrates such as shrimp, crabs and mollusks.
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Fully 42 species of frog are reported from around Manaus, with rare or infrequent breeders such as Ceratophrys cornuta and Hyla sp.
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It is also the habitat for the iguana cornuda (Cyclura cornuta), which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and the iguana de Ricord (C. ricordi), the latter being at risk of extinction due to its limited distribution.
Enriquillo wetlands 2008
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There are bird species with restricted distribution such as the wattled curassow Crax globulosa (VU), and the horned screamer Anhima cornuta.
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