"geography is also very different from the other counties of The Thumb. It's topography is generally, gently rolling to quite hilly, and unlike its neighbors, which are flatter, and border on Lake Huron or Lake St. Clair, Lapeer County is landlocked. The County still has hundreds of acres of inland lakes such as Barnes Lake-Miller Lake, Lake Neppessing, The Holloway Reservoir, Big Fish Lake, and Lake Metamora, and several state recreation areas, including the Ortonville Recreation Area and the Metamora-Hadley Recreation Area, which still bring in many campers and tourists. St. Clair County has the largest population in The Thumb,"
"Miller (moth) The miller (""Acronicta leporina"") is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe apart from the far south-east.The range extends from the South of Spain, Central Italy and Bulgaria to Scotland and Central Scandinavia, crossing the Arctic circle in Finland and Norway. Outside Europe it is only known in North Africa. In the Eastern Palearctic and the Nearctic ecozone it is replaced by ""Acronicta vulpina,"" (Grote, 1883) formerly known as ""Acronicta leporina"" subspecies ""vulpina"". This is a variable but always distinctive species, the forewings ranging from almost white to dark grey (pale grey being the"
"the miller smells of raw pastry. The miller also prefers woodland whereas fool's funnel is a grassland species. Clitopilus prunulus Clitopilus prunulus, commonly known as the miller or the sweetbread mushroom, is an edible pink-spored basidiomycete mushroom found in grasslands in Europe and North America. Growing Solitary to gregarious in open areas of conifer/hardwood forests; common under Bishop pine (""Pinus muricata"") along the coast north of San Francisco; fruiting shortly after the fall rains. It has a grey to white cap and decurrent gills. Tyrolean naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli described the miller as ""Agaricus prunulus"" in 1772. French mycologist Pierre"
"Nembrotha milleri Nembrotha milleri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. This species was named after the nudibranch enthusiast Michael D. Miller. This species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. There is another nudibranch species known only as ""Nembrotha sp. 14"" in East Africa which may be a form of ""Nembrotha milleri"". This animal can reach a total length of at least 60 mm. It has a grey-green to dark green body with blackish longitudinal wrinkles running down the length of the body. A different color form with pale yellowish"
"miller its current name in 1871. ""C. prunulus"" is the type species of the genus, the limits of which have been redefined more than once. Its common names—the miller, and sweetbread mushroom—are derived from its distinctive smell. The cap is initially convex when young, but in maturity flattens out, usually with a shallow central depression. It is white or light gray or yellow, sticky when moist, and in diameter with a characteristic feel to the touch of chamois skin. The gills are decurrent in attachment to the stipe, spaced together rather closely, and whitish, although they often develop a pinkish"
"Molly Miller The molly miller (""Scartella cristata"") is a species of fish of the family Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) in the order Perciformes. It can be found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and northwest Pacific Oceans. Its color is a mottled tan, white, and black covering the body and fins. The head of this fish is covered with short hair-like appendages and has two very large eyes. This species reaches in total length. This blenny is oviparous; its eggs are demersal and adhesive. The molly miller is a marine tropical fish that lives in rocks or coral reefs 0–10 m below the"
"Cossidae The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera found worldwide, except the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae, which is mostly active during the day. This family includes many species with large caterpillars and moths with a wingspan from . These moths are mostly grey; some have long, narrow wings and resemble hawkmoths (Sphingidae) which are more advanced macrolepidoptera, however. Many are twig, bark, or leaf mimics, and Cossidae often"
"Wood mulch-slider The wood mulch-slider or Mueller's three-toed lerista (""Lerista muelleri""), is a species of lizard belonging to the extensive family of Scincidae containing over 1500 species. The species is found in a diverse range of climates and habitats throughout Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Named after the German-born Australian naturalist Baron Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Müller (1825–1898), the species has been the subject of much morphological and nomenclature debate.[ ""Lerista muelleri"" is a small terrestrial lizard typically reaching a maximum length of 50 mm from snout to vent, and total adult body length"
"1986 type description for ""A. milleri"" in the ""Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History"", Volume 1. The specific epithet, ""milleri"", was coined in honor of Charles N. Miller Jr for his contributions to the study and understanding of the conifer family Pinaceae. The studied specimens were excavated from the Tom Thumb Tuff member of the Klondike Mountain Formation in the city of Republic. ""A. milleri"" has been placed in the fir genus ""Abies"", which has between 48 and 55 species native to much of North and Central America, Europe and Asia occurring in mountains over most of the"
"green background has been observed around Taiwan. The rhinophores and gills are typically black. ""Nembrotha milleri"" feeds on ascidians and tunicates. It has been seen feeding on the green-ringed ascidian, ""Sigillina signifera"". Nembrotha milleri Nembrotha milleri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. This species was named after the nudibranch enthusiast Michael D. Miller. This species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. There is another nudibranch species known only as ""Nembrotha sp. 14"" in East Africa which may be a form of ""Nembrotha milleri"". This animal can reach a total"
"or remove water, hence the common name ""bailer"", which is also applied to many other volutes in this genus. The foot, which is very large, is also covered in concentric patterns of the same colours as the shell, and is often used to engulf prey. Melo miltonis Melo miltonis, the southern bailer or southern baler, is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This species distribution is restricted to Southwest Australia. This species is found amongst shallow seagrass beds, on sand, and around reefs - at depths up to 20 m. The range"
"Erosaria miliaris Erosaria miliaris, common name the millet cowry or the inocellate cowry or the military cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The shells of these very common cowries reach on average of length, with a minimum size of and a maximum size of . The dorsum surface of these smooth and shiny shells is generally pale brown or yellowish, with several small white spots. The base is white or pink, with several fine teeth. In the living cowries the mantle is pale brown and greyish, with"
"Melo miltonis Melo miltonis, the southern bailer or southern baler, is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This species distribution is restricted to Southwest Australia. This species is found amongst shallow seagrass beds, on sand, and around reefs - at depths up to 20 m. The range extends from the Houtman Abrolhos, off the Western Australian coast, to South Australia. The length of this shell can be up to 450 mm, with distinctive cream and brown markings. Shells of this species have long been used by the peoples of Australia to carry"
"has keeled nails (the thumb and the first and the second toes have claws) featuring a central ridge that ends in a needle-like tip. In tree shrews, all digits have claws and, unlike most primates, the digits of their feet are positioned close together, and therefore, the thumb cannot be brought into opposition (another usually distinguishing feature of primates). A study of the fingertip morphology of four small-bodied New World monkey species indicated a correlation between increasing small-branch foraging and: This suggests that whereas claws are useful on large-diameter branches, wide fingertips with nails and epidermal ridges were required for"
"Millerbird The millerbird (""Acrocephalus familiaris"") is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It has two subspecies, ""A. f. kingi"" and ""A f. familiaris"". The latter, the Laysan millerbird, became extinct sometime between 1916 and 1923. The former, the critically endangered Nihoa millerbird, remains the only race left, inhabiting the small island Nihoa in Hawaii. It is the only Old World warbler to have colonised Hawaii, although there is no fossil evidence that the species ever had a distribution beyond these two islands. Millerbirds form long-term pair bonds and defend territories over a number of years. Territories"
"Red-breasted merganser The red-breasted merganser (""Mergus serrator"") is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and ""serrator"" is a sawyer from Latin ""serra"", ""saw"". The red-breasted merganser was one of the many bird species originally described by Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"", where it was given the binomial name of ""Mergus serrator"". The adult red-breasted merganser is long with a wingspan. It has a spiky crest and long thin red bill with serrated edges."
"other two are usually kept in the Cossidae as subfamilies. Some unrelated millers were included in the Cossidae in error, too, such as the genus ""Holcoceroides"" which is more primitive Ditrysia, or the Andesianidae which are even more ancient Heteroneura. The Cossidae were usually divided into six subfamilies. However, numerous new subfamilies have been described recently, the current taxonomy is: Cossidae The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera"
"toilet-claw on its second toe, and a toothcomb. The hands and feet of the lemur have prehensile ""thumbs"" and big toes, which allow it to maintain a superb grip on trunks and branches. The pads of its fingers and toes are rough and have a large contact area. Its nails are also sharp and pointed, which allows them to dig in if it slips. The big toe of the Milne-Edwards' sifaka and indrids in general is longer and has a deeper cleft compared to that of lemurids. This is thought to reflect stronger grasping abilities. The arboreal lifestyle of ""P."
"Knocker (folklore) The Knocker, Knacker, Bwca (Welsh), Bucca (Cornish) or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical creature in Welsh, Cornish and Devon folklore. It is the equivalent of the Irish leprechaun and English and Scottish brownie. The Cornish described the creature as a little person two feet tall, with a big head, long arms, wrinkled face, and white whiskers. It wears a tiny version of standard miner's garb and commits random mischief, such as stealing miners' unattended tools and food. The name comes from the knocking on the mine walls that happens just before cave-ins – actually the creaking of earth"
"the marsupial moles. Some authors claim their primary sense is of touch, and they are particularly sensitive to vibrations which may indicate approaching danger. Note below however, the observations on the malleus in the middle ear. The species range in size from about 8 to about 20 cm. They have muscular shoulders and the forelimbs are radically adapted for digging; all the toes on the forefeet have been reduced, except for a large, pick-like third claw on the third toe. The fifth digit is absent and the first and fourth digits are vestigial. The adaptations of the hind feet are"
"Bullia digitalis Bullia digitalis, the finger plough shell or plough snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. These dominant scavengers scent decaying animal matter from a considerable distance so that they converge from all directions to feed. Length: 60 mm Narrow, smooth shell with a long, pointed spire, usually light yellow or creamy, often tinged with violet or yellow. The large, oval foot is offwhite. The operculum has serrated margins. The ovate shell is elongated, subturreted, smooth and polished. It is of a reddish yellow"
"mice have a second functional pinhead-sized thymus organ in the neck next to the trachea. Mice are mammals of the Glires clade, which means they are amongst the closest relatives of humans other than lagomorphs, treeshrews, flying lemurs and other primates. The three widely accepted subspecies are increasingly treated as distinct species: Two additional subspecies have been recognized more recently: Many more names have been given to house mice, but are now regarded as synonyms of other subspecies. Some populations are hybrids of different subspecies, including the Japanese house mouse (""M. m. molossinus""). The standard species karyotype is composed of"
"Mitra (gastropod) Mitra is a large genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails. This genus is named after the ecclesiastical headgear, the miter, because of the shells' general shape. These sea snails create shells that are considered attractive by shell collectors; the shells are solid, high-spired and are often colorful. Many species that were previously in the genus ""Mitra"" have been reassigned in the past years to other genera, including ""Calcimitra"", ""Gemmulimitra"", ""Isara"", ""Nebularia"", ""Neotiara"", ""Pseudonebularia"", ""Quasimitra"", ""Roseomitra"", ""Strigatella"" and ""Vexillum"". According to the World Register"
"operate and distributes nationally. Knocker also appeared as a name for the same phenomena, in the folklore of Staffordshire miners. Knocker (folklore) The Knocker, Knacker, Bwca (Welsh), Bucca (Cornish) or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical creature in Welsh, Cornish and Devon folklore. It is the equivalent of the Irish leprechaun and English and Scottish brownie. The Cornish described the creature as a little person two feet tall, with a big head, long arms, wrinkled face, and white whiskers. It wears a tiny version of standard miner's garb and commits random mischief, such as stealing miners' unattended tools and food. The"
"Hand A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each ""hand"" and fingerprints extremely similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having ""hands"" instead of paws on their front limbs. The raccoon is usually described as having ""hands"" though opposable thumbs are lacking. Some evolutionary anatomists use the term ""hand"" to refer to the appendage of digits on the forelimb more generally — for example, in the context"
"Red-bellied lemur The red-bellied lemur (""Eulemur rubriventer"") is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate with a luxuriant chestnut brown coat. This lemur is endemic to eastern Madagascan rainforests and is distinguished by patches of white skin below the eyes, giving rise to a ""teardrop"" effect, particularly conspicuous in the male. The species, first identified in the year 1850, exhibits diurnal behaviour and marked sexual dimorphism. The red-bellied lemur has been studied extensively since the mid-1980s, primarily in Ranomafana National Park. This lemur species is designated as vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List, due to threats endangering habitats from slash-and-burn agriculture in"
"Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. ""The History of Tom Thumb"" was published in 1621, and was the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a favourite of King Arthur. The earliest allusions to Tom occur in various 16th-century works such as Reginald Scot's ""Discovery of Witchcraft"" (1584), where Tom is cited as one of the supernatural folk employed by servant maids to frighten children. Tattershall in Lincolnshire, England, reputedly has the home and grave"
"is covered in dense, long, brownish-gray fur. The undercoat is short and dense, while the guard hairs are sparser. The skin visible on the hands and feet is colored pinkish-brown. Gerp's mouse lemur weighs around and has a tail length of approximately . It is a large-bodied mouse lemur, and belongs to a group of large mouse lemurs (weighing more than ), including four eastern species—Simmons' mouse lemur, Jolly's mouse lemur, the northern rufous mouse lemur (""M. tavaratra""), and MacArthur's mouse lemur (""M. macarthurii"")—as well as six species of western mouse lemur: Claire's mouse lemur (""M. mamiratra""), Danfoss' mouse lemur"
"Pupilla muscorum Pupilla muscorum, commonly known as the Moss Chrysalis snail or widespread column, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. A variety ""Pupilla muscorum"" var. ""pratensis"" Clessin, 1871 considered as ecophenotype of ""Pupilla muscorum"" was elevated to its species level ""Pupilla pratensis"" in 2009. The shell is usually light brown, varies from reddish brown to horny grey, weakly striated or almost smooth, 5–6.5 weakly convex whorls, suture not very deep (deep suture is presented in ""Pupilla sterrii"" – see picture below), aperture usually with well-developed lip, cervical"
"plant and animal detritus therein. These mullet are unique in having a muscular gizzard. They are an important part of the ecology in estuarine and coastal waters of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of America. White mullet The white mullet or silver mullet (""Mugil curema"") is a (sub)tropical marine fish of the family Mugilidae. It is commonly about 30 cm long. Note that silver mullet is also a common name used for fantail mullet (""Mugil gyrans""). The White Mullet is an Atlantic and Pacific fish mainly found on American coasts. In the Western Atlantic it ranges from Argentina to Cape"
"Drill (animal) The drill (""Mandrillus leucophaeus"") is a primate of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), related to baboons and even more closely to mandrills. The drill is a short-tailed monkey up to long, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacks the bright blue and red on the face of that species. It has high sexual dimorphism in weight, with males weighing up to and females up to . The body is overall a dark grey-brown. Mature males have a pink lower lip and white chin on a dark grey to black face with raised grooves on the nose."
"carving of Yggdrasil the Red Skull pushes to reveal the Tesseract in the Marvel film . In 2018 Philippine TV Series Victor Magtanggol, Nidhogg is a type of serpent with small arms and bat like wings. He is Loki's pet, adviser, messenger and right hand which tell him what to do and how to help him defeat his enemies. Níðhöggr In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr (""Malice Striker"", traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr, often anglicized Nidhogg) is a dragon/serpent who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma implying the"
"Milleretta Milleretta is an extinct genus of millerettid parareptile from the Late Permian of South Africa. Fossils have been found at the Balfour Formation. ’’Milleretta'’ is a moderately sized, lizard-like animal, about in length. It was probably insectivorous. Its only known species is ‘’Milleretta rubidgei’’, making Milleretta a monospecific genus. It is considered the leased derived compared to ""Milleropsis"" and ""Millerosaurus"". Huge gaps are at their maximum between the period of ""Milleretta"" as ghost lineages show up. The cladogram below displays the phylogenetic position of the ""Milleretta"", from Ruta ""et al."", 2011. When ‘’Milleretta’’ was first discovered and named in"