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Nektons
- noun - the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
Neoteny
- noun - an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
Neotony
- noun - the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species
Neptune
- noun - (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
- a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846"
Nesting
- verb - fit together or fit inside; "nested bowls"
- gather nests
- inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
Netting
- verb - a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- catch with a net; "net a fish"
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
- creating nets
- make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
- yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
Pectins
- noun - any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
Pelting
- verb - anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"
- rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
Pentane
- - Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.