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Why do animals have butts?
The evolutionary story of asses, particularly anuses, remains shrouded in mystery. When did animals go from a one-hole d...
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科学・生物分野ですが、結構知ってる単語が多くて嬉しい。
shroud
意味 [通例 be ～ed]＜…に＞ 包まれる, 隠れる ＜in, by＞
The evolutionary story of asses, particularly anuses, remains shrouded in mystery.
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compartmentalize
意味 ＜…へと＞…を区画 [区分] する
The compartmentalization made it easier for animals to get more out of their meals, Andreas Hejnol, a developmental biologist at the University of Bergen, in Norway, told me.
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uncork
意味 〈びんなど〉のコルク栓を抜く.
With the lengthening and uncorking of the end of the gut, he said, many creatures grew into longer and larger body forms, and started to move in new ways.
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