Radula -
Noun.
A chitinous band in the mouth of most mollusks, set with numerous, minute, horny teeth and drawn backward and forward over the floor of the mouth in the process of breaking up food.
“This beak is useful for breaking open clam shells and tearing apart flesh. Next to the beak is the radula, a barbed tongue the octopus uses to scrape an animal out of its shell once the shell is opened.”
Horton, Jennifer. "How Octopuses Work" 13 March 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://www.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/zoology/marine-life/octopus.htm> 14 May 2012.
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Reflexive -
Noun, Adj.
a) Of a method, theory, etc.: that takes account of itself or esp. of the effect of the personality or presence of the researcher on what is being investigated.
b) Self-referential, self-reflexive; spec. (of a text, artwork, etc.) that consciously calls attention to itself or its process or production. -Online OED
Acknowledgement of the apparatus, the constructed nature of the viewed object. Pointing at oneself in order to unmask the construct.
“Reflexivity points toward our assumptions and expectations about the world around us”-Nichols pg. 128 Representing Reality.
Encountered: Wells, many of the films screened (for example: Windsor McCay's Gertie The Dinosaur)
Rhetoric -
Noun.
The art of speaking or writing effectively.
The study of principles and rules of composition.
The study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.
-Merriam-Webster English Dictionary
Rodent -
Noun.
A gnawing mammal of an order that includes rats, mice, squirrels, hamsters, porcupines, and their relatives, distinguished by strong constantly growing incisors and no canine teeth. They constitute the largest order of mammals.
The New Oxford American Dictionary
The Essential Hamster
Rooster -
Noun.
The male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
Animal
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Rutting -
Noun.
An annual period of sexual activity in mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females.
“The adult male stays with a tigress only during the rutting season, and incidentally perhaps, during the gestation period and briefly thereafter.” Boomgaard p21
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