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Lancaster, Burt

(Encyclopedia) Lancaster, Burt (Burton Stephen Lancaster), 1913–94, American film actor, b. New York City. A superb athlete, he began his career as an acrobat. Best known for his roles as a cerebral…

blenny

(Encyclopedia) blenny, common name of various species of extremely numerous small fishes belonging to the suborders Blennioidei (blennies) and Notothenioidei (Antarctic blennies). They are…

thresher shark

(Encyclopedia) thresher shark, long-tailed, warm-water shark, genus Alopias. The upper fork of its tail is slender and sickle-shaped and is about equal in length to the rest of the body. This shark…

Arctic Ocean

(Encyclopedia) Arctic Ocean, the smallest ocean, c.5,400,000 sq mi (13,986,000 sq km), located entirely within the Arctic Circle and occupying the region around the North Pole. The Arctic basin was…

Alagoas

(Encyclopedia) Alagoas Alagoas älägōˈəs [key] [Port.,=lagoons], state, 10,707 sq mi (27,331 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Maceió is the capital.

Casco Bay

(Encyclopedia) Casco BayCasco Baykăsˈkō [key], deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 200 sq mi (518 sq km), SW Maine. The bay, with its more than 200 wooded, hilly islands, has many summer estates and…

Bermuda Triangle

(Encyclopedia) Bermuda Triangle, area in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida where a number of ships and aircraft have vanished. Also known as the Devil's Triangle, it is bounded at its points by…

Trinity Bay

(Encyclopedia) Trinity Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 80 mi (129 km) long, SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, between the Avalon Peninsula and the mainland. With its small waterfront settlements, it…

Camp LeJeune

(Encyclopedia) Camp LeJeuneCamp LeJeuneləzh&oomacr;nˈ [key], U.S. marine corps base, 82,969 acres (33,576 hectares), SE N.C., SE of Jacksonville; est. 1941. It is the major East Coast training…

Ungava Bay

(Encyclopedia) Ungava BayUngava Bayŭngˌgäˈvə, –gāˈ– [key], inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, N Que., Canada, extending c.200 mi (320 km) S from Hudson Strait between the N Quebec mainland and the north…