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Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'

(Encyclopedia)Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d' pyĕr lə mwän syör dēbĕrvēlˈ [key], 1661–1706, French Canadian naval officer, founder of the French territory of Louisiana, b. Ville Marie (in present Mon...

ocher

(Encyclopedia)ocher ōˈkər [key], mixture of varying proportions of iron oxide and clay, used as a pigment. It occurs naturally as yellow ocher (yellow or yellow-brown in color), the iron oxide being limonite, or...

Malta fever

(Encyclopedia)Malta fever: see brucellosis.

fever blister

(Encyclopedia)fever blister: see herpes simplex. ...

valley fever

(Encyclopedia)valley fever: see coccidioidomycosis. ...

swamp fever

(Encyclopedia)swamp fever: see leptospirosis.
 

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