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Anthropocentricity, also known as anthropocentrism, is a viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center and assigns significance and value mainly to humans in comparison to the rest of the natural world. It suggests that the world exists primarily for human use and that humans are the most significant entities in the universe. This concept may include the belief that humans are the only species that have intrinsic worth or moral rights.

Botulinus, also known as Clostridium botulinum, is a bacterium that produces a neurotoxin known as botulinum toxin. This toxin is extremely dangerous and can cause a life-threatening illness called botulism, characterized by muscle paralysis. However, in small controlled amounts, botulinum toxin is commonly used in medical and cosmetic procedures, such as Botox injections.

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a prostrate succulent plant native to Africa, Sinai and southern Europe, and naturalized in the New World. The plant is covered with large, glistening bladder cells or water vesicles, reflected in its common names of common ice plant, crystalline ice plant or ice plant.

The posterior pair of fins under the body of fishes,
corresponding to the hind legs of terrestrial quadrupeds.

A poliovirus vaccine is a pharmaceutical product used to prevent the occurrence of poliomyelitis (polio), caused by poliovirus. There are two types of polio vaccines - inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). IPV is administered through injections and offers protection by introducing an inactivated or killed virus into the body, stimulating the bodys immune system. OPV, taken orally, contains weakened poliovirus which triggers the immune system to produce antiviral antibodies. Both types serve to establish and boost immunity against all three types of poliovirus.

Yamamoto (山本 meaning base of the mountain) is the 9th most common Japanese surname.

A piping crow is not a standard term or phrase commonly used or recognized in English language, ornithology or otherwise. It could potentially refer to a crow-like bird that makes a piping sound, but its not a recognized common or scientific name for a specific species. The context in which it is used could provide a more accurate description or meaning.

Any of various species of crab of the family Majidae with long legs.

shaped like a rod or staff