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porcupine porcupine
porcupine member of either of two rodent families, characterized by having some of its hairs modified as bristles, spines, or quills. The quills are loosely attached to the porcupines' skin and pull out easily, remaining imbedded in any predator that comes in contact with them. The New World, or... Read more
fandango fandango
fandango , ancient Spanish dance, probably of Moorish origin, that came into Europe in the 17th cent. It is in triple time and is danced by a single couple to the accompaniment of castanets, guitar, and songs sung by the dancers. At the end of certain measures, the music halts abruptly and the... Read more
Gallipoli Gallipoli
Gallipoli or Gelibolu , city (1990 pop. 18,670), W Turkey, a port at the east end of the Dardanelles , near the neck of the Gallipoli Peninsula . It has long been a strategic point in the defense of Istanbul (Constantinople) and has numerous historic remains. It was captured by the Ottoman... Read more
FIFO FIFO
FIFO An abbreviation for first-in, first-out, a method employed in accounting for the identification and valuation of the inventory of a business. FIFO assumes that the first goods purchased are the first sold. As a consequence, the items that remain in the inventory at the end of the year are... Read more
marginal value theorem marginal value theorem
marginal value theorem A mathematical rule, proposed by E. L. Charnov in 1976, according to which the optimum time a foraging animal remains in a patch is defined in terms of the rate at which the forager is extracting energy at the time it leaves (the marginal value of the patch). The optimum... Read more
boat people boat people
boat people term used to describe the Indochinese refugees who fled Communist rule after the Vietnam War (1975) in small boats and the many ethnic Chinese who left Vietnam similarly after China's invasion of Vietnam in 1979. More than one million people became refugees. Many perished, and others,... Read more
fireball fireball
fireball very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. A bolide is a fireball that explodes in the air because of thermal stresses created when it passes... Read more
Richard Monckton Milnes 1st Baron Houghton Richard Monckton Milnes 1st Baron Houghton
Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton, 1st Baron , 1809-85, English author. Throughout much of his life he was an active member of Parliament. He was among the first to recognize the genius of Keats and in 1848 published his Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats. In addition he secured a... Read more
Fossils and Fossilization Fossils and Fossilization
Fossils and fossilization A fossil is the remains of an ancient life form—plant or animal—or its traces, such as nesting grounds, footprints, worm trails, or the impressions left by leaves, preserved in rock . Fossil traces are called ichnofossils. Fossilization refers to the series... Read more
propylaeum propylaeum
propylaeum , in Greek architecture, a monumental entrance to a sacred enclosure, group of buildings, or citadel. A roofed passage terminated by a row of columns at each end formed the usual type. Known examples include those at Athens, Olympia, Eleusis, and Priene. The most splendid example are the ... Read more

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