{"id":5696,"date":"2016-10-06T18:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T23:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2016-10-06T18:47:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T23:47:30","slug":"word-of-the-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/10\/06\/word-of-the-day-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>galliwasp<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <b>Jamaica giant galliwasp<\/b> (<i>Celestus occiduus<\/i>) is a species of <a title=\"Lizard\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lizard\">lizard<\/a> in the <a title=\"Anguidae\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anguidae\">Anguidae<\/a> family. It was <a title=\"Endemism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endemism\">endemic<\/a> to <a title=\"Jamaica\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica\">Jamaica<\/a>. It was last recorded in 1840 and is now extinct, likely exterminated by introduced predators like\u00a0<a title=\"Mongoose\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongoose\">mongooses<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica_giant_galliwasp\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/em><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reference found on <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.co.uk\/vc\/unknowntourism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Expedia<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>where their commemorating lost species,\u00a0via <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/animals\/fictional-travel-posters-commemorate-animals-weve-lost.html\" target=\"_blank\">Treehugger.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The coldblooded Giant Galliwasp would sun itself in the tropical heat of Jamaica, becoming one of the most iconic animals on the island due to its large size for a reptile \u2013 it grew to over 60cm in total length. When settlers arrived, bringing dogs, cats and mongooses, they upset the delicate balance of the island\u2019s ecosystem, causing the death of the species.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>galliwasp: The Jamaica giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) is a species of lizard in the Anguidae family. It was endemic to Jamaica. It was last recorded in 1840 and is now extinct, likely exterminated by introduced predators like\u00a0mongooses. [Wikipedia] Reference found on Expedia,\u00a0where their commemorating lost species,\u00a0via Treehugger.com: The coldblooded Giant \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/10\/06\/word-of-the-day-25\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5698,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions\/5698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}