vesica piscis
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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vesica piscis a pointed oval figure (also called
mandorla) used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art. The term is Latin, and means literally ‘fish's bladder’; the reason for the name is not clear, although it may refer to the shape.
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Przewalskis horses return to Kyrgyzstan.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia; 3/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...two of the famous Przewalskis horses. It seems that they...anybody close to them. Przewalskis horse is a wild, hoofed...of Przewalski's horse were actually of...come true: these Przewalskis horses, who you could call...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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The pictures worth 1,000 words; A Turner for the books: From Art, The Definitive Visual Guide Call of the wild: Tim Flach's photographs capture the natural beauty of horses in the wilderness.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/12/2008; 700+ words
; ...Panama, or the mating of spider crabs in the Canaries. Horses don't feature in the collection, but Tim Flach's loving...spotted ponies, miniature donkeys, Arabian stallions and przewalskis, the only wild horse left on Earth. A Christmas book for everyone. Out of a...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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My walk on the wild side.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 11/18/2004; 700+ words
; ...500 Przewalski's horses alive worldwide, all...means we are seeing the horses moving back to their...Asiatic or Mongolian wild horse, Przewalskis have a stiff upright...significance as forbears of our horse today. Only two chromosomes...genetically from domestic horses, they ...
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Wild horses with wings: in one of the most ambitious bids to save a large animal from extinction, the world's last wild horse is returning to its native steppe.(Przewalski horses)
Magazine article from: Ecos; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...wildlife, but the Przewalski horse proved particularly difficult...domesticate. Mongolians regard the horse as man's messenger to the...southern Russia, the last horse vanished from the wild in Mongolia...Today, over 1500 Przewalski horses, the descendents of just 13...zoos. Australia has around ...
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(What I saw on telly)
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 1/9/2007; ; 516 words
; ...Europe in 1876. Przewalskis number fewer than...18 of the wild horses from the United...and set up a wild horse reproduction centre...The Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding and Research...Entitled Wild Horses return to China...endangered wild horses, which had been...the wild, the ...
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