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Zorro
Zorro fictional character (‘The Fox’) created by Johnston McCulley in a 1919 magazine story; Zorro is the pseudonym of Diego de la Veda, the apparently weak son of a landowning Spanish family in California who seeks to protect the weak against tyranny, and whose swashbuckling habits include the cutting of a Z (the mark of Zorro) with his sword as a signature.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Zorro." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Zorro." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Zorro.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Zorro." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Zorro.html |
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zorro
zorro (culpeo, S. American dogs and foxes, Atelocynus microtis, Cerdocyon thous, Speothos venaticus) See CANIDAE.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "zorro." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "zorro." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-zorro.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "zorro." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-zorro.html |
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zorro
zorro see fox . |
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"zorro." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "zorro." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-zorro.html "zorro." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-zorro.html |
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