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Cris Carter
Cris Carter 1965- American football player When wide receiver Cris Carter, who played most of his career with the Minnesota Vikings, retired after 15 years of playing football, he ranked second all-time in the NFL with 1,096 receptions, 129 of them for touchdowns. Carter, who is an eight-time Pro... Read more |
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variegation
variegation The occurrence of differently coloured patches, spots, or streaks in plant leaves, petals, or other parts, due to absence of pigment or different combinations of pigment in the affected area of the part. Variegation may be brought about by infection, for example tobacco mosaic virus... Read more |
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skylark
skylark common name for a passerine songbird ( Alauda arvensis ) famous for the soaring, melodious flight of the courting male. Found in Europe (except in the Mediterranean area), it is 7 1/4 in. (18.2 cm) long, brown streaked with black above, and streaked buff-white below. Skylarks were a... Read more |
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth , 1858-1944, English composer, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. Besides her many songs and chamber music she wrote operas, including The Wreckers (1906) and The Boatswain's Mate (1916), and a Mass in D (1893). In 1922 she was made Dame of the British Empire. Her... Read more |
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Rhabdornithidae
Rhabdornithidae (Philippine creepers; class Aves, order Passeriformes) A family of small birds which have brown or grey upper-parts and white under-parts, with streaked flanks. They have long, strong, decurved bills, brush-tipped tongues, long toes, and squared tails. They are arboreal, inhabit... Read more |
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blastopore
blastopore A mouth-like opening of the archenteron on the surface of an embryo in the gastrula stage. In many animals the blastopore becomes the anus, although in some it closes up at the end of gastrulation and may appear again at or near the same site. The blastopore is formed by an inward... Read more |
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linea
linea (lin-iă) n. (pl. lineae) (in anatomy) a line, narrow streak, or stripe. l. alba a tendinous line, extending from the xiphoid process to the pubic symphysis, where the flat abdominal muscles are attached. l. nigra a pigmented line, seen on the abdomen in pregnancy, extending from the... Read more |
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sandpiper
sandpiper common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew . Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all sorts of small invertebrates.... Read more |
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Formicariidae
Formicariidae (antbirds, antpittas, antshrikes; class Aves, order Passeriformes) A family of small to medium-sized, black, grey, or brown birds, sometimes streaked or barred, that have short, rounded wings, and short to long tails; their legs are short (arboreal) to long (terrestrial), and their... Read more |
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