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noun • anything that provides inspiration for later work • a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | ||||
| 23% | 9 | Origin or creation of an idea or concept | ||
noun • an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | ||||
| 21% | 6 | The idea that all human languages share a common origin | ||
noun • a hypothetical heredity-controlling particle of protoplasm. | ||||
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