The ear bone of a fish. The otoliths have rings on them like the rings on a tree-stump. They are used to find the age of the fish and its growth rate. (Gough, J. and T. Kenchington (1995), A Glossary of Fisheries Science. Communications Branch, DFO, Nova Scotia. )
Calpastatin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CAST gene. The protein encoded by this gene is an endogenous calpain (calcium-dependent cysteine protease) inhibitor. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpastatin)
A keyhole garden (so-called because of its shape) is a round raised garden, supported with stones. Keyhole gardens are built in places where it is difficult to build normal gardens near the entrance of dwellings to facilitate their watering with household waste water. (FAO TECA, 2020. Keyhole gardens for better nutrition and livelihoods https://teca.apps.fao.org/teca/en/technologies/7643 Cited 09.03.2023)
Salt flux: integral of salinity*velocity over the area (here P=S, where S is the salinity, i.e. kg salt/kg seawater, typically about 3.3% or 0.033). (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap11/ocean_transport.html)
Pyrus elaeagrifolia, the oleaster-leaved pear, is a species of wild pear plant in the genus Pyrus (Rosaceae), the specific name referring to the similarity of its foliage to that of Elaeagnus angustifolia - the so-called 'wild olive' or oleaster. (Wikipedia. 2025. Pyrus elaeagrifolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus_elaeagrifolia)
Swine erysipelas is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae seen mainly in growing pigs and characterised clinically by sudden death, fever, skin lesions and arthritis. The fever can induce abortion in pregnant gilts and sows. (State of New South Wales, 2017. Swine erysipelas https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/436440/Swine-erysipelas.pdf)
AGROVOC is a free multilingual thesaurus available online in more than 42 languages created and coordinated by FAO since 1981. (FAO, 2024. Knowledge sharing https://www.fao.org/knowledge-sharing/en/)
A numerical rating of representing the net effect of evapotranspiration and precipitation in producing cumulative moisture depletion in deep duff or upper soil layers. (FAO, 2005. Wildland Fire Management Terminology (TRG(A10.6)/GICM, FAO, 2005 , in FAOTERM https://www.fao.org/faoterm/en/ ))
Tuber brumale, also known as Muscat truffle or Winter truffle, is a species of truffle native to Southern Europe. It is naturally present in the soils of many truffle orchards. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_brumale)
Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) refers to any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. (Wikipedia. 2026. Swine influenza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_influenza)
The Barbarine sheep is a middle sized animal with a height ranging between 60 and 80 cm in males and 55 and 70 cm in females. The body weight varies considerably according to nutritional conditions, it ranges between 45 and 85 kg in rams and 28 and 65 kg in ewes. (Khaldi G., Barbarine sheep, in: Small ruminant in the Near East, Vol. III, North Africa FAO, Anim. Prod. Health. Paper 74 (1989) 96–135.)
Structural genomics seeks to describe the 3-dimensional structure of every protein encoded by a given genome. This genome-based approach allows for a high-throughput method of structure determination by a combination of experimental and modeling approaches. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_genomics)
