When you uphold something, you stick up for or support it. Police officers are paid to uphold the law, and crazy Elvis fans uphold their belief that he's still alive out there somewhere. If you reverse the two parts of this word, you get hold up. And that's exactly what upholding is: holding up or supporting an idea or practice. You might uphold your dog's innocence, even though it's pretty obvious he dug up the neighbor's flower bed.
Chelicerates (Chelicerata) are a group of arthropods that includes harvestmen, scorpions, mites, spiders, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, and ticks. There area about 77,000 species of chelicerates alive today.
Cheetah. The cheetah is a big cat that lives in Africa and Asia. The name comes from the Sanskrit word citrakayah. âCitraâ means variegated â displaying different spots and streaks, and âkayaâ is a Sanskrit word for body.They are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.The cheetah used to roam throughout Africa and Asia.Citraâ means variegated â displaying different spots and streaks, and âkayaâ is a Sanskrit word for body. They are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The cheetah used to roam throughout Africa and Asia.