[Dixonary] 2345 - CLEPTOBIOSIS -- Time to VOTE!

[—Keith Hale—]

I have for each of you to ponder: a total of 17 definitions for CLEPTOBIOSIS.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it - is to vote for two of them
BY PUBLIC REPLY to this message before the deadline.
The deadline for voting is 2:00 PM (1400) US CDT - Central Daylight Time
on Saturday, 13 October, 2012 CE.... or the appropriate time in your time zone.

If, upon perusing the list you are sure that you can see the real definition,
PLEASE do not vote, - OR hit "Reply" at all.

Instead, please send me a private email to [ thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com ]
telling me
that you have to disqualify yourself. Keeps it fair, and hopefully
won't happen much.

Without further pomp and circumlocution, here are the definitions for
CLEPTOBIOSIS:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

1 Born with the inclination to steal.

2 The property of living organisms being mutually harmful to one another.

3 physical union of two embryos or organisms.

4 body snatchers; grave robbers

5 A dormant state induced by unfavorable environmental conditions
such as high or low temperature, reduced oxygen, or drought, in which
an organism’s metabolic activity is reduced to an imperceptible level.

6 a procedure during replication where a virus incorporates some of a
host cell's genetic code.

7 the process by which a parasite causes the death of its host (lit.
_life theft_)

8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
being less than it really is.

9 Parasitic reproduction

10 growth of a plant by combining with another of the same species.

11 of or pertaining to parasites.

12 the division of a single fertilized egg into two separate
embryos, thereby creating identical twins

13 the development of a chimera.

14 an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of
ants, steal food from another.

15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.

16 the ability of one plant organism to repel a specific class of
insects or other plants.

17 the process by which a tree heals wounds to its bark

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Keith,

I see that a lot of the players were thinking along the same lines when
submitting their definitions. Is this a case of "great minds think
alike", or just a total lack of imagination on our part?

My votes are for definitions 6 and 12, the virus and the twins:


> 6 a procedure during replication where a virus incorporates some of a
> host cell's genetic code.

> 12 the division of a single fertilized egg into two separate
> embryos, thereby creating identical twins

Cheers,
Hugo

[John Barrs]

Well now... as Hugh said, there are lots of similar thoughts here so I am
totally bemused. The only one I know isn't correct is my own - (and I may
vote for that just to confuse everyone else <grin>)

so I'll go for the less obvious ... #4 and #8 pelase

JohnnyB


> 4 body snatchers; grave robbers
>
>
> 8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
> being less than it really is.
>
>

[Tim Lodge]

I'll pick one biological def and one non-biological:

> 6 *a procedure during replication where a virus incorporates some of a
> host cell's genetic code.
>
> 8 *(Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
> being less than it really is.

-- Tim L

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 2 and 15.

Guerri

—Keith Hale— wrote:
>
> 2 The property of living organisms being mutually harmful to one another.
>
> 15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
> organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.

[Dave Cunningham]

8 and 10 this time out -- the origins seem clear, but I can not think why
"grave robbers" would not be "cleptobioses" as a plural ...

Dave



On Friday, October 12, 2012 3:04:48 AM UTC-4, thoughtstorms(Keith) wrote:

> I have for each of you to ponder: a total of 17 definitions for
> CLEPTOBIOSIS.
> Your mission, should you choose to accept it - is to vote for two of them
> BY PUBLIC REPLY to this message before the deadline.
> The deadline for voting is 2:00 PM (1400) US CDT - Central Daylight Time
> on Saturday, 13 October, 2012 CE.... or the appropriate time in your time
> zone.
>
> If, upon perusing the list you are sure that you can see the real
> definition,
> PLEASE do not vote, - OR hit "Reply" at all.
>
> Instead, please send me a private email to [ though... (AT) gmail (DOT) com<javascript:>]
> telling me
> that you have to disqualify yourself. Keeps it fair, and hopefully
> won't happen much.
>
> Without further pomp and circumlocution, here are the definitions for
> CLEPTOBIOSIS:
>
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>
> 1 Born with the inclination to steal.
>
> 2 The property of living organisms being mutually harmful to one another..
>
> 3 physical union of two embryos or organisms.
>
> 4 body snatchers; grave robbers
>
> 5 A dormant state induced by unfavorable environmental conditions
> such as high or low temperature, reduced oxygen, or drought, in which
> an organism’s metabolic activity is reduced to an imperceptible level.
>
> 6 a procedure during replication where a virus incorporates some of a
> host cell's genetic code.
>
> 7 the process by which a parasite causes the death of its host (lit.
> _life theft_)
>
> 8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
> being less than it really is.
>
> 9 Parasitic reproduction
>
> 10 growth of a plant by combining with another of the same species.
>
> 11 of or pertaining to parasites.
>
> 12 the division of a single fertilized egg into two separate
> embryos, thereby creating identical twins
>
> 13 the development of a chimera.
>
> 14 an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of
> ants, steal food from another.
>
> 15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
> organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.
>
> 16 the ability of one plant organism to repel a specific class of
> insects or other plants.
>
> 17 the process by which a tree heals wounds to its bark
>

[Judy Madnick]

Hmmmm...three definitions that I like but only two votes. Well, I'll go for these:

10 growth of a plant by combining with another of the same species.

15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.

Judy Madnick

[Daniel Widdis]

2 and 4 because I'm about to go run a relay race on a zombie-themed team
("Better Off Undead")

On 10/12/12 12:04 AM, ‹Keith Hale‹ wrote:

>
>2 The property of living organisms being mutually harmful to one another.
>
>4 body snatchers; grave robbers
>

[EnDash@aol.com]

A lot of scientific/biological choices here, some seeming awfully similar,
I will cast my lots with numbers 13 and 15 because they seem as plausible
to me as most of the others.


13 the development of a chimera.

15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.



-- Dick Weltz

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll vote for 6 and 8.

[Tim B]

6 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Steve Graham]

6 and 14 for no reason whatsoever, please

Steve Graham

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too
dark to read. Groucho Marx


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Subject: [Dixonary] 2345 - CLEPTOBIOSIS -- Time to VOTE!

I have for each of you to ponder: a total of 17 definitions for
CLEPTOBIOSIS.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it - is to vote for two of them BY
PUBLIC REPLY to this message before the deadline.
The deadline for voting is 2:00 PM (1400) US CDT - Central Daylight Time on
Saturday, 13 October, 2012 CE.... or the appropriate time in your time zone.

If, upon perusing the list you are sure that you can see the real
definition, PLEASE do not vote, - OR hit "Reply" at all.

Instead, please send me a private email to [ thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com ]
telling me that you have to disqualify yourself. Keeps it fair, and
hopefully won't happen much.

Without further pomp and circumlocution, here are the definitions for
CLEPTOBIOSIS:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

1 Born with the inclination to steal.

2 The property of living organisms being mutually harmful to one another.

3 physical union of two embryos or organisms.

4 body snatchers; grave robbers

5 A dormant state induced by unfavorable environmental conditions such as
high or low temperature, reduced oxygen, or drought, in which an organism's
metabolic activity is reduced to an imperceptible level.

6 a procedure during replication where a virus incorporates some of a host
cell's genetic code.

7 the process by which a parasite causes the death of its host (lit.
_life theft_)

8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being
less than it really is.

9 Parasitic reproduction

10 growth of a plant by combining with another of the same species.

11 of or pertaining to parasites.

12 the division of a single fertilized egg into two separate
embryos, thereby creating identical twins

13 the development of a chimera.

14 an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants,
steal food from another.

15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.

16 the ability of one plant organism to repel a specific class of insects
or other plants.

17 the process by which a tree heals wounds to its bark

[scott crom]

I'll have 5 and 15, please.

Scott

[Millie Morgan]

I'll take 5 and 7 thanks

>5 A dormant state induced by unfavorable environmental conditions such as
>high or low temperature, reduced oxygen, or drought, in which an organism’s
>metabolic activity is reduced to an imperceptible level.
>7 the process by which a parasite causes the death of its host (lit._life
>theft_)


Best wishes,
Millie

[Efrem Mallach]

Lots of overlap; lots of folks (including me) picking up on "clepto" to mean theft or taking, bio for some sort of organism; lots of plausible ones.

I'll try 7 and 14, please.

Efrem

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On Oct 12, 2012, at 3:04 AM, —Keith Hale— wrote:

> I have for each of you to ponder: a total of 17 definitions for CLEPTOBIOSIS. Your mission, should you choose to accept it - is to vote for two of them BY PUBLIC REPLY to this message before the deadline. The deadline for voting is 2:00 PM (1400) US CDT - Central Daylight Time on Saturday, 13 October, 2012 CE.... or the appropriate time in your time zone.
>
> If, upon perusing the list you are sure that you can see the real definition, PLEASE do not vote, - OR hit "Reply" at all.
>
> Instead, please send me a private email to [ thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com ] telling me that you have to disqualify yourself. Keeps it fair, and hopefully won't happen much.
>
> Without further pomp and circumlocution, here are the definitions for CLEPTOBIOSIS:
>
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>
> 7 the process by which a parasite causes the death of its host (lit. _life theft_)
>
> 14 an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.

[Tony Abell]

Number 4 is tempting because it's semantically all wrong, but I think I'll go
with vox pop: 6 and 8, please.

> 6 a procedure during replication where a virus incorporates some of a
> host cell's genetic code.

> 8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
> being less than it really is.

[Chuck]

Keith -

What an interesting collection of choices. I'll choose -

8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as
being less than it really is.

and

15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Dodi Schultz]

Hmm. Mostly biological, but some not. I'll try one that is, and one that isn't:


8 (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being
less than it really is.

and

15 Process through which organisms take on characteristics of other
organisms in their vicinity; e.g., protective coloration.


—Dodi