Chiroptera
Chiroptera An order of flying mammals comprising the bats. Their membranous wings are supported by very elongated forelimbs and digits and stretch along the sides of the body to the hindlimbs and tail. Whenever bats rest they allow their body temperature to fall, hibernating in winter when food is scarce. Most bats are nocturnal; their ears are enlarged and specialized for
echolocation, which they use to hunt prey and avoid obstacles. Bats feed variously on insects, fruit, nectar, or blood.
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John Tiptoft Worcester, earl of
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John Tiptoft Worcester, earl of woos´ter 1427?-1470...He studied at Oxford and was created earl of Worcester in 1449. He served as treasurer...fled. He was captured, condemned by John de Vere, earl of Oxford (whose father...
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Tiptoft, John, 1st earl of Worcester
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Tiptoft, John, 1st earl of Worcester ( c. 1427–70). Unusually for a peer's heir, Tiptoft spent three years with a tutor in University College, Oxford...
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John Tiptoft
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John Tiptoft see Worcester, John Tiptoft, earl of .
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Tiptoft, John
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Tiptoft, John (1427–70), earl of Worcester, chief governor 1467–...1462–7, 1470), Tiptoft was appointed chancellor of Ireland...authority. On returning to England, Tiptoft was appointed lieutenant in his...
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Edward IV
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...cousin, the able and ambitious Richard Neville, earl of Warwick . At the same time severe reprisals taken by Edward's constable, John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, against the Lancastrian party alienated many nobles...
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