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scarab beetle
scarab beetle or scarab, name for members of a large family of heavy-bodied, oval beetles (the Scarabaeidae), with about 30,000 species distributed throughout most of the world and over 1,200 in North America. North American scarab beetles range in length from less than 1/2 in. to more... Read more |
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Sacred scarab
sacred scarab (Scarabaeus sacer) See SCARABAEIDAE.... Read more |
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Gatherer
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learned and literary societies
learned and literary societies associations of individuals with a common professional interest, intended to promote learning. Many societies publish the proceedings of their meetings as well as journals, reports, and outstanding investigations by their members. They often award prizes, encourage or... Read more |
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Basket Makers
Basket Makers name given to the members of an early Native North American culture in the Southwest, predecessors of the Pueblo . Because of the cultural continuity from the Basket Makers to the Pueblos, they are jointly referred to by archaeologists as the Anasazi culture. They are so called... Read more |
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crow
crow partially migratory black bird of the same family as the raven, the magpie, the jay, and the rook and the jackdaw of Europe. The American, or common, crow, about 19 in. (49 cm) long, has a wingspread of over 3 ft (92 cm). Crows eat some eggs and nestlings and grain, but destroy many harmful... Read more |
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Herding
HERDING HERDING. Domestication of animals for food began about 10,000 years ago in the Near East, in the western part of the Fertile Crescent. This coincided with a period of climatic warming following the last retreat of the Pleistocene glaciation in Europe and Asia. Livestock provided a more... Read more |
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Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams Born: February 20, 1902San Francisco, CaliforniaDied: April 22, 1984Carmel, California American photographer Ansel Adams was a masterful photographer and a lifelong conservationist (a person who works to preserve and protect the environment) who encouraged understanding of, and respect... Read more |
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National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences with headquarters in Washington, D.C., a private organization of leading American scientists and engineers devoted to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. The Academy was founded in 1863; there are presently about 2,000 members. Members are... Read more |
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Rostock
Rostock or Rostock-Warnemünde , city (1994 pop. 237,307), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, NE Germany, on the Baltic Sea. It is an industrial center and a major seaport, with petroleum tank installations and shipyards, as well as fish-processing and shipbuilding industries. Manufactures include... Read more |
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