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#318: biota

4/22/2016

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up in Dakota
looking for new biota
found two iota!
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Artist-sculptor John Lopez created this stunning triceratops with a bit of whimsy. An adult triceratops would be about 4-5 times this big (see graphic at right), so the cowpoke is riding a young 'un. See more of John's work HERE and HERE. 

The work "iota" is fun here, since we rarely hear anything other than "one iota," and usually "not one iota." So, it's a curious phrase: if it's usually not one iota, and an iota is already a very small quantity... and it's not even one of almost nothing... then that is a really insignificant amount. 


DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:
  1. Ecology. the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
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