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Menuridae
Menuridae (lyrebirds; class Aves, order Passeriformes) A family of large, brown birds which have spectacular long tail feathers, most of them fine and filamentous, with two long central feathers, and two curved outer feathers in Menura novaehollandia (superb lyrebird). They inhabit forest and scrub,... Read more |
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Bartholomeus Breenbergh
Breenbergh, Bartholomeus (bapt. Deventer, 13 Nov. 1598; bur. Amsterdam, 5 Oct. 1657). Dutch painter, etcher, and draughtsman, with Poelenburgh the leading pioneer of the taste for Italianate landscapes in the Netherlands. Breenbergh spent about ten years in Italy (c.1619–c.1629) and... Read more |
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Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 1969– Novelist “Death Was Always Around Us” Degrees from Barnard, Brown National Book Award Nominee Selected writings Sources “Image not available for copyright reasons” Edwidge Danticat is one of only a handful of contemporary novelists of... Read more |
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Biogeography
Biogeography Why do different species occur in the places they do? Biogeography is the study of why animal species (and also plants) live in different regions on Earth. This includes both organisms alive today as well as those that have become extinct. Any particular animal... Read more |
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New Siberian Islands
New Siberian Islands Rus. Novosibirskiye Ostrova, archipelago, c.10,900 sq mi (28,200 sq km), N Siberian Russia, in the Arctic Ocean between the Laptev and East Siberian seas, part of the Sakha Republic. The archipelago is separated into two groups by the Sannikov Strait. The northern group, the... Read more |
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Madison
Madison: Introduction The capital of Wisconsin, Madison is also the seat of Dane County and the focus of a metropolitan statistical area that includes the entire county. The city was founded as the state capital, where no other permanent settlement had previously existed, on a unique geographic... Read more |
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lemming
lemming name for several species of mouselike rodents related to the voles . All live in arctic or northern regions, inhabiting tundra or open meadows. They frequently nest in underground burrows, particularly in winter, although they do not hibernate. They feed on grasses, mosses, and roots,... Read more |
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John Millington Synge
John Millington Synge , 1871-1909, Irish poet and dramatist, b. near Dublin, of Protestant parents. He was an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance . As a young man he studied music in Germany and later lived in Paris, where he wrote literary criticism. In Paris he met his compatriot... Read more |
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Eton College
Eton College. Founded by Henry VI with the title ‘The College of the Blessed Mary of Eton beside Windsor’ in 1440, it was modelled on Winchester and New College, Oxford, set up by William of Wykeham. In the original foundation provision was made for a schoolmaster, 25 ‘poor... Read more |
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