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Apar vs Agar - What's the difference?

apar | agar |

As nouns the difference between apar and agar

is that apar is the three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacusagar is a gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

apar

English

(en)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
  • * {{quote-book, year=1895, title=The Royal Natural History, page=224, author=Richard Lydekker, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=AGsjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA224
    • , passage=The apar is mainly diurnal in its habits; and trusts for defence to its power of rolling itself into a ball, not dwelling in burrows like the members of the other genera.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Ernest Ingersoll, title=The Life of Animals: The Mammals, page=478, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=rOg3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA478
    • , passage=The apars are noted, indeed, for their lively and restless manners.}}

    See also

    * (Southern Three-Banded Armadillo)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    agar

    English

    (wikipedia agar)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  • (chemistry) An agarose, the principle constituent of the commercial gel.

    • Synonyms

    * agal-agal * agar-agar * when used as a stabiliser and gelling agent

    Anagrams

    * ----