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The domestic apple, Malus domestica, is a member of the family Rosaceae — the same family as roses, which may explain why apple blossoms are so appealing.
Progress in pomology Edward Willett 2006
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The domestic apple, Malus domestica, is a member of the family Rosaceae — the same family as roses, which may explain why apple blossoms are so appealing.
Archive 2006-03-19 Edward Willett 2006
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The familiar musca domestica, the yellow - striped scathophaga stercoraria, the larger calliphora vomitoria, and a hundred others.
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Did you mean an airborne Sus domestica, perchance? on November 24, 2009 at 8: 42 pm Black Shuck
Killer Free On Shopping Spree « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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"The principles of a science are either internal to it, and are then called indigenous (principia domestica), or they are based on principles that can only find their place outside of it, and are foreign principles (peregrina)."
'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008
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As all cat lovers know well, Felis domestica is a marvel of balance, subtlety and other hidden elegances.
Scientists learn physics behind how cats drink water without getting wet Marc Kaufman 2010
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As all cat lovers know well, Felis domestica is a marvel of balance, subtlety and other hidden elegances.
How a cat drinks: Feline finesse and fluid dynamics Marc Kaufman 2010
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Fingers are now pointing, either at the entire pig species Sus domestica, or at the nation of Mexico.
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Several species of flies, and in particular Musca domestica, the common housefly, can carry and transmit not only Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) virus, but also the highly infectious and dangerous avian influenza strain, H5N1, according to UK scientist Terry Mabbett, who published his finding in the journal Poultry International.
David Kirby: Reuters Mangles Flu Story and Blasts "Wild Theories" About "Evil Factory Farms" 2009
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DRONE: After much bitching agrees to send it and if a flock of winged sus scrofa domestica actually take off it might arrive.
Richard Branson - FIDO The Dog 2009
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