Vocabulary

pterygote (winged insect)

springtail

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

amphipods

beach flea (any amphipod of family Talitridae); sand flea; sand hopper

garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)

plantigrade (walking on the soles of the feet)

digitigrade (walking on the toes)

unguligrade (walking on hooves)

uniformitarianism

catastrophism

Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

online handle (esp. on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); screen name; user name

to take into consideration

assistant

Iron Cross

lacking balls; femininity

qigong therapist

render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's

X-ray photograph

X-ray

X-ray

new product development

fact-finding committee

holomorphic function

regular curve

infinite regress

regular coffee (as opposed to instant coffee)

resistance; opposition; obstruction

mean proportional (i.e. geometric mean)

Dow (Jones); Dow Jones Industrial Average

sample mean; sample average

population mean

essence of all things

enlightened despot

enlightened absolutist

to enlighten

enlightening