Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae (parasitic catfish; superorder Ostariophysi, order Siluriformes) A large family of freshwater fish that tend to have a slender, pencil-shaped body with a scaleless skin, small fins, and two pairs of
barbels above the mouth. Many species may hide in the river bottom or in leaf-litter during the day, but attack other animals at night to feed on blood and tissues. There are about 185 species occurring in Central and S. America.
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New Colossus of Rhodes will keep watch on drunken Britons
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/27/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...toppled by an earthquake, the Colossus of Rhodes -- one of the seven wonders of...standing astride the venerable port of Rhodes town, however, the 100ft bronze...Faliraki, about five miles south of Rhodes town, boasts a strip of bars and...
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Herculean task: Greeks seek new Colossus of Rhodes
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/24/2000; ; 517 words
; ...international artists to re-create the Colossus of Rhodes-one of the seven wonders of the...equal to the legendary Colossus of Rhodes in both brilliance and historic...about 100 feet tall, stood over Rhodes for almost 70 years before it was...
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The Colossus of Rhodes from war to peace.(Geographic overview)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...An ancient writer described this so-called Colossus of Rhodes as having the body of a young man, the face of the sun, and a raised arm. COLOSSUS OF RHODES PURPOSE: To honor Rhodes' patron, the sun god Helios WHERE: Island...
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Colossal facts.(Colossus of Rhodes )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2006; ; 580 words
; The Colossus of Rhodes had stood for only 56 years when an earthquake...neglected. Only after Arabs invaded Rhodes in A.D. 654 and sold what survived as scrap did the Colossus leave Rhodes--carried to Asia on the backs of 900...
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Research Team Finds Location of Colossus in Rhodes
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 5/9/1997; 350 words
; ...today that the location of the colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the...the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes. The team reportedly studied the...and other natural disasters on Rhodes in the classical and medieval periods...
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Rhodes Colossus part believed found
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/5/1987; 333 words
; RHODES, Greece Divers have found an undersea...believe could be a part of the ancient Colossus of Rhodes, a government minister said Saturday...feet from the harbor where the giant Colossus figure once stood. The Colossus, one...
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This is: Colossus of Rhodes
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 6/27/2008; ; 331 words
; Once you listen to the intricate instrumentation and pummeling drive of Lubbock, Texas, metal group Colossus of Rhodes, you may realize that everything IS bigger in Texas, including the metal. Named after one of the seven wonders...
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A mighty Aphrodite to rival the Colossus of Rhodes: Tourism developers supersize projects. Cyprus joins the trend with plans for a statue of a Greek goddess.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/27/2002; 700+ words
; ...Mahal for India, it's the Colosseum in Rome." The mighty Aphrodite will measure about 107 feet - as tall as the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the wonders of the ancient world, long-ago destroyed - about three-fourths the size of Lady Liberty...
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African colossus // `Rhodes' epic judges life of frontier zealot
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/2/1998; ; 590 words
; Rhodes (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 A three...racial slurs, violence). Cecil John Rhodes, a 19th century British imperialist, envisions...to Cairo. And he doesn't stop there. Rhodes also wants to return the United States of...
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Colossus Rhodes leads Worcester great escape; At New Road (final day of four): Worcestershire (284 and 431) drew with Nottinghamshire (358 and 24 for no wicket). Worcs 9pts, Notts 11pts.(Cricket)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/17/2000; 640 words
; Acting captain Steve Rhodes scored his first century in two years...further 278. The hard work was done by Rhodes, with 13 fours in his 103 from 218 balls...hope disappeared in a stand of 57 by Rhodes and Stuart Lampitt and it was far too...
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Colossus of Rhodes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Colossus of Rhodes , large statue of Helios...part by Chares of Lindus (Rhodes) between 292 and 280 BC...his unsuccessful siege of Rhodes. According to legend, the...coins of the same period. Colossi also existed elsewhere in...example, there were many colossuses, 50 to 60 ft (15.2 to...
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colossus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
colossus a person or thing of enormous...derives from the Colossus of Rhodes . Colossus was the name given...by two years. Colossus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the...beside the harbour entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years. Colossus...
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Rhodes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Macedon in 305 BC, the citizens of ancient Rhodes erected (292-280 BC) in the harbor the Colossus of Rhodes , a bronze statue of Helios counted as...destroyed in 224 BC by an earthquake. Rhodes declined in the 2d cent. BC with the rise...
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Rhodes, Cecil
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...lives. As he gained wealth and power, Rhodes promoted a broad imperialist vision...contemporary political cartoon that showed Rhodes astride the African continent as the “ Colossus of Rhodes. ” As the Cape ’...
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Colossus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Colossus, the bronze statue of the sun god Helios...world, which stood near the harbour at Rhodes. It was made by Chares of Lindus from the...Poliorcetes when he raised the siege of Rhodes in 304 bc. The statue, reported to be...
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