Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards; order Squamata, suborder Sauria) A family of subterranean lizards that have a small, wedge-shaped head, adapted for digging. The body is cylindrical, with loose skin and rings of scales. The tail is short. Worm lizards are generally limbless, but well-developed fore limbs are present in
Bipes, found in Mexico, and are used to scratch a cavity prior to tunnelling, while the wedge-shaped head compacts the soil as the lizard burrows. Eyes and ears lie beneath the skin. There are about 130 species, found in America, the Mediterranean region, and Africa.
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Exquisite Silver Filigree Work of Cuttack.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 6/10/2008; 700+ words
; Exquisite Silver Filigree Work of Cuttack By Kusum Mehta June 10, 2008...throughout the world for its delicately fine silver filigree work of Cuttack, the old capital of Orissa. Filigree meaning wire work is a jewel work of delicate kind...
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Durga Puja reviving filigree art in Cuttack
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/1/2006; 532 words
; ...work which has been carried out by many filigree artists here. In an initiative to revive the dying filigree art, many Durga Puja committees here...with exquisite artistic splendour of filigree art. Filigree (formerly written filigrann...
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Bhubaneshwar's silver filigree artisans on swan song
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/3/2006; 601 words
; Bhubaneswar, May 3 -- Silver filigree artisans of Bhubaneshwar are facing a...suicide due to lack of work. Eleven silver filigree artisans' have committed suicide due...000 artisans specializing in silver filigree work. Now there are 1,000. "Our...
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Durga Puja revives filigree artwork in Orissa.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 9/26/2009; 494 words
; ...Durga Puja festival provides boost to the filigree artwork business in Cuttack. During...way has brought back shine to the dying filigree art, which was at one time quite popular...committee). Every year more than 150 filigree artisans are engaged in making backdrop...
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Cut-out, filigree work, lightweight designs mark gold jewellery trends this season, says world gold council.
News Wire article from: Albawaba.com; 12/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...trends particularly favour cut-out and filigree work designs offering lightweight yet...and names and even dates. Cut-out, filigree work, lightweight designs mark gold...trends particularly favour cut-out and filigree work designs offering lightweight yet...
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Filigree artistes create silver replica of Taj Mahal.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 10/15/2004; 395 words
; Cuttack, Oct 15 (PTI) Silver filigree artistes of this millennium city in eastern...NRI), who had placed orders for the filigree work worth Rs 800,000. The order was...the Nayasarak area of the city. Eight filigree artisans took about six months to complete...
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Cut-out, filigree work, lightweight designs mark gold jewellery trends this season, says world gold council
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 12/10/2008; 605 words
; Cut-out, filigree work, lightweight designs mark gold...trends particularly favour cut-out and filigree work designs offering lightweight yet...featuring large links and delightful filigree designs in round cut out shapes. Casual...
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FILIGREE AND SHADOW.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: WWD; 7/26/2004; 514 words
; NEW YORK -- In their sophomore album, "Filigree and Shadow," the Eighties cult band This Mortal Coil used...precious metals with the vicissitudes of life. Of course, filigree can also be upbeat, as shown here by Christian Livingston...
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Filigree covers for ventilation system in Mercedes-Benz.(AUTOMOTIVE)
Newspaper article from: Advanced Composites Bulletin; 3/1/2008; 607 words
; ...butadiene styrene blend (brand name: Ultradur S4090 GX black), supplied by BASF AG, Germany. The three parts feature a filigree surface--a metal imitation rib-mesh with open perforations. They function as covers for the diffuse ventilation of the...
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Filigree covers for ventilation system in Mercedes-Benz.(APPLICATIONS)
Newspaper article from: High Performance Plastics; 3/1/2008; 598 words
; ...reinforced PBT/ABS blend (brand name: Ultradur S4090 GX black), supplied by BASF AG, Germany. The three parts feature a filigree surface--a metal imitation rib-mesh with open perforations. They function as covers for the diffuse ventilation of the...
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filigree
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
filigree , ornamental work of fine gold or silver...borax under the flame of the blowpipe. Filigree is used as a decorative treatment for...Spain did much exquisite work in silver. Filigree is employed today in Mediterranean areas...
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silverwork
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of embellishments, such as chasing, repoussé, filigree, and inlaying, which have engaged the talents of skilled...elaborate designs, and in the 17th cent. silversmiths added filigree and enamel to the decoration. A Spanish architectural style...
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Southern, Terry
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Mike Golden, in Creative Screenwriting (Washington, D.C.), Winter 1996. By SOUTHERN: novels— Flash and Filigree, 1958. The Magic Christian, 1959. As "Maxwell Kenton," with Mason Hoffenberg, Candy, 1964. Red Dirt Marijuana, 1968...
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Little Rock: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...s Mansion, a brick Georgian building completed in 1950 from materials gathered from older state properties. A double iron filigree gate taken from the Confederate Soldiers' Home opens onto a circular drive fronting the mansion, which is surrounded by eight...
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Campbell, Marion (May)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...is about Katerina Kepler, suspected of witchcraft and doomed. Her voice plays out many of the notions of women caught in the ellipses of male lives. The novel has a series of interesting structures, with filigree lines of narrative,
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