GLEAN - Answers1. A gremlin (of uncertain origin) is an imaginary, gnome-like creature blamed for mechanical and other problems. I thought the word quiz was free of eras, but a gremlin must have gotten into the works.2. Butterflies and moths. Lepidoptera (from Greek lepis, fish scale, and pteron, wing or feather) is the biological group that includes butterflies and moths. 3. Mayfly is the common name for the ephemera. It’s from Greek ephemeros, lasting only a day. Anything short-lived may be called ephemeral. 4. Fossil preservation. Amber (from Arabic anbar, ambergris—perhaps from confusion with ambergris) is a yellowish-brown fossil resin. Her greatest treasure was a pendant made of an insect entombed thousands of years ago in a globe of amber. 5. A nematode (from Greek nema, thread, and ode, in the nature of) is a worm, often parisitic. Hookworms, roundworms, and pinworms are nematodes |
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