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year
year time required for the earth to complete one orbit about the sun. The solar or tropical year is measured relative to the sun and is equal to 365 days, 5 hr, 48 min, 46 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). The sidereal year , measured relative to the stars, is longer than the tropical... Read more |
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A Journal of the Plague Year
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sidereal year
sidereal year time required for the earth to complete an orbit of the sun relative to the stars. The sidereal year is 365 days, 6 hr, 9 min, 9.5 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). It is 20 min longer than the tropical year because of the precession of the equinoxes ; for this reason,... Read more |
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anomalistic year
anomalistic year , time required for the earth to go from the perihelion point once around the sun and back to the perihelion point. It is 365 days, 6 hr, 13 min, 53.0 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). The anomalistic year is longer than the sidereal year and the tropical year because... Read more |
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Homo erectus
Homo erectus , extinct hominid living between 1.6 million and 250,000 years ago. Homo erectus is thought to have evolved in Africa from H. habilis, the first member of the genus Homo. Anatomically and physiologically, H. erectus resembles contemporary humans except for a stouter bone... Read more |
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annual
annual plant that germinates from seed, blossoms, produces seed, and dies within one year. Annuals propagate themselves by seed only, unlike many biennials and perennials. They are thus especially suited to environments that have a short growing season. Cultivated annuals are usually considered to... Read more |
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greyhound
greyhound breed of tall, swift, sight hound developed nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt. It stands about 26 in. (66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 65 lb (29.5 kg). Its short, smooth coat may be colored black, white, or various shades of fawn, brindle, blue, or red. Known in England... Read more |
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dry season
dry season A period each year during which there is little precipitation. In tropical climates (e.g. over much of India) the dry period is often in the winter season. In places in very low latitudes, two dry seasons may occur each year, between the northward and southward passage of the equatorial... Read more |
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grouse
grouse common name for a game bird of the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 18 species. Grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, protectively plumaged in shades of red, brown, and gray. The nostrils are entirely hidden by feathers, and the legs are partially or completely... Read more |
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Fiscal year
Fiscal Year A fiscal year is any 52-week period used consistently by an organization for the purposes of financial reporting and policy setting. It may or may not correspond with the typical calendar year of January to December. A company may choose to designate a different time period as its... Read more |
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Experts debate F&G sage grouse hunts
...count sage grouse leks for the...not in the best shape. Why...while and see if they don...supports a modest hunt in those areas...Though the bird experts differ somewhat...offering a hunt this fall...Southeast Idaho, ... |
 "Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN)")
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Experts ask: Where have all the grouse gone?
...over last year. This was...state's grouse population...annual National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt, held Oct...poor than good." The ratio...during grouse season this fall...insects, which ... |
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Deep in Minnesota Woods, Scarcely Peep or Grouse Heard;Birds Are the Game For...
...the National Grouse and Woodcock...simply as good as it gets...meant this season, which midwestern...we didn't see many birds...back later to hunt an area without...even in lean years, and very...event of the ... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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THE HUNT IS ON IN OCTOBER.(Sports)(Column)
...autumn each year make me realize...smorgasbord of seasons. Last month...the hunting seasons for squirrel...September goose season. This past...the hunting seasons began for cottontail...rabbits, ruffed grouse and wild ... |
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Lairds told to satisfy tourists' 'tartan' dream; Experts warn of failure to...
...increase the feel-good factor when...number of stags, grouse or fish that...deerstalking, grouse shooting and...I go every year to a battered...and fishing seasons. "If fishing...who come to hunt or fish are...Demand for ... |
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Hawk is ready to make his point // After some extensive training, an outdoor...
...after the hunt. With that...be a pretty good bird dog...perhaps the top grouse dog trainer...for a big year of hunting...Hughes is best known for...they want to see. I believe...dog after a year of ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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'DUMB LUCK' HELPS HUNTER FIND TROPHY BEAR
...of the bear season in the Adirondacks...bear for 19 years up at Long Lake," the 36-year-old Holland...split up to hunt opposite sides...turned to see a huge bear...nine men the better part of nine...more than 10 ... |
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CORRECT 'CAMO' KEEPS HUNTER FROM BECOMING TARGET
...colors to hunt game and avoid...the past 30 years attest to...most other hunts. Hunter error...two kinds of hunts depend on...or fields. Experts say turkeys...woods and see in one second...pheasants, grouse, ... |
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Beyond Hunter Ed Programs that keep kids in the field
See also introduction...class don't hunt the next year. If your...programs. YOUTH HUNTS: GET THEM...HUNTING AT ITS BEST In my home...December shotgun season, traditionally...holds a youth season in late ... |
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HUNTERS NEED NOT WANDER FAR AFIELD
...looking for a good deer this season, you need...permission to hunt. Given that...bagged "the best deer of my...life. Six years ago he decided...deer in 11 years of bowhunting...worth the 11-year wait, ... |
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