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	Battle of Stones River Stones River, Battle of (1862–63).Stones River—also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro—was one of the costliest engagements of the Civil War in Tennessee. Following the failure of his Kentucky campaign the previous fall, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg positioned his Army of... Read more
	Nightjars Caprimulgidae (night-hawks, nightjars; class Aves, order Caprimulgiformes) A family of grey-brown, long-winged birds that have white patches on the wings and tail, elongated retrices, and in some species inner primaries. The middle toe is pectinate. They inhabit deserts, open wooded areas, and... Read more
	flight flight sustained, self-powered motion through the air, as accomplished by an animal, aircraft, or rocket. Animal Flight Adaptation for flight is highly developed in birds and insects . The bat is the only mammal that accomplishes true flight; flying squirrels glide rather than fly, as do ... Read more
	Winged Victory Winged Victory (1943), a play by Moss Hart. [44th Street Theatre, 212 perf.] Centering on the air force career of three men—Allan Ross ( Mark Daniels), an Ohio bank teller, Pinky Scariano ( Don Taylor), a barber, and Irving Miller ( Edmund O'Brien), a young man from Brooklyn—the... Read more
	Earwigs earwig common name for any of the smooth, elongated insects of the order Dermaptera. Earwigs are small, with pairs of horny, forcepslike abdominal appendages, larger in the male than in the female, and short, leathery forewings that cover the membranous hindwings when folded. Some of the 900... Read more
	hawk hawk name generally applied to the smaller members of the Accipitridae, a heterogeneous family of diurnal birds of prey, such as the eagle , the kite , the Old World vulture , and the secretary bird . Hawks belong to the same order as the falcon , the New World vulture, and the osprey . Hawks... Read more
	All Gods Chillun Got Wings All God's Chillun Got Wings (1924), a play in two acts by Eugene O'Neill. [Provincetown Playhouse, 43 perf.] Although the black Jim Harris ( Paul Robeson) and the white Ella Downey ( Mary Blair) have known each other since childhood, Ella drifts away from their relationship as her awareness of... Read more
	wings wings flight organs of the bird , the bat , and the insect . Birds' wings are pectoral appendages that are basically the same in skeletal structure as the forelimbs of all higher vertebrates, including the human arm. Bird bones are specialized for strength and lightness, and the wing bones are... Read more
	Victory of Samothrace Victory of Samothrace. Celebrated larger-than-life Greek marble statue (Louvre, Paris) representing winged Victory (Nike) alighting on the bows of a galley. The figure, discovered on the Greek island of Samothrace in 1863, is lithely outstretched and draped with magnificent swirls. It was erected... Read more