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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which is the odd one out?
Canis lupus familiaris, malus domestica, felis catus, psittacine, mus musculus.
Canis lupus familiaris, malus domestica, felis catus, psittacine, mus musculus.
Answer
Malus domestica.These words are alternative names for four animals and one plant. The plant is the odd one out because the other four are animals.
Canis lupus familiaris - trinomial name for a dog.
Malus domestica - binomial name for an apple tree.
Felis catus - binomial name for a cat.
Psittacine - another name for a parrot.
Mus musculus - binomial name for a house mouse.
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