One that speaks two languages â is bilingual â can be said to be diglot. Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes. In a casino, however, ducks is a nickname for a pair of deuces. The working section of a piano is called the action. Shoemakers are commonly called cobblers but correctly speaking a cobbler is a shoe repairmen.
Genome-wide association study. In genetics, a genome-wide association study (GWA study, or GWAS), also known as whole genome association study (WGA study, or WGAS), is an examination of a genome-wide set of genetic variants in different individuals to see if any variant is associated with a trait.
G.I. is a noun used to describe the soldiers of the United States Army and airmen of the United States Army Air Forces â and occasionally for U.S. Marines and shorebound sailors â and also for general items of their equipment.he letters G.I. were used to denote equipment made from galvanized iron, such as metal trash cans, in U.S. Army inventories and supply records. During World War I, American soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as G.I. cans.