enigma vs knotty question

enigma

noun
  • A species of grasshopper, Oedaleonotus enigma. 

  • A riddle, or a difficult problem. 

  • Mysteriousness; obscurity; lack of clarity. 

  • The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma. 

  • A rare species of moth, Heliothis enigma. 

  • A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning. 

  • Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable. 

  • A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation. 

  • Riddles and puzzles, collectively. 

knotty question

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