Callichthyidae
Callichthyidae (armoured catfish; subclass Actinopterygii, order Siluriformes) A large family of small, bottom-dwelling, freshwater fish. The body is covered with tile-like scales, the head shows a rather steep profile, and the ventrally positioned mouth is surrounded by
barbels. Several species, when exposed to oxygen-deficient water, can gulp in air and store it in the gut. There are about 130 species, occurring in the tropical rivers of S. America.
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Macabre monkey puzzle.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...just completed a study of W.W. Jacobs' The Monkey Paw with a Year Eight...pupils looked at the techniques Jacobs used to scare his readers, and...Daventry, Northamptonshire. TODAY, William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) is best known for...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1997; 662 words
; ...essayist and playwright, 1729; William Clark, explorer of the North...Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell, zoologist, 1856; Samuel...Frewen, entrepreneur, 1924; William Wymark Jacobs, short-story writer, 1943...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1999; 670 words
; ...essayist and playwright, 1729; William Clark, explorer, 1838; Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell, zoologist, 1856; Samuel...Frewen, entrepreneur, 1924; William Wymark Jacobs, short- story writer, 1943...
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Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/8/1995; 663 words
; ...Etienne Frederic Mistral, Provencal poet, 1830; Antonin Dvork, composer, 1841; Viktor Meyer, chemist, 1848; William Wymark Jacobs, short-story writer, 1863; Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon, poet and critic, 1886; Jean-Louis Barrault, actor...
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William Wymark Jacobs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Wymark Jacobs 1863-1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is "The Monkey's Paw."
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Jacobs, W. W.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Jacobs, W. W. ( William Wymark Jacobs ) (1863–1943), is chiefly remembered as a writer of short stories. These fall roughly into two groups: those dealing humorously with the escapades of sailors and of country characters and...
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