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noun • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals • muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye • diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening | ||||
| 27% | 15 | Former pupil/present pupil | ||
noun • a student who continues studies after graduation | ||||
| 22% | 5 | Animal known as a "giant cat bear" in Chinese due to its pupil shapes (vertical slits!) | ||
noun • large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae • reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas | ||||
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