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caterpillar

(Encyclopedia) caterpillarcaterpillarkătˈəpĭlˌər, kătˈər– [key], common name for the larva of a moth or butterfly. Caterpillars have distinct heads and are segmented and wormlike. They have three…

Women's Olympic Swimming: 100-meter Butterfly

100-meter Butterfly Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 100-meter Butterfly swimming competition from 1956 to the present. Year Time 1956 Shelly Mann, USA 1:11.0 OR1960…

Women's Olympic Swimming: 200-meter Butterfly

200-meter Butterfly Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 200-meter Butterfly swimming competition from 1968 to the present. Year Time 1968 Ada Kok, NED 2:24.7 OR1972 Karen Moe…

Tebaldi, Renata

(Encyclopedia) Tebaldi, RenataTebaldi, Renatarānäˈtä tābälˈdē [key], 1922–2004, Italian lyric soprano. She received early musical training at home and at the Boito Conservatory, Parma. In 1944 she…

pupa

(Encyclopedia) pupapupapy&oomacr;ˈpə [key], name for the third stage in the life of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis, i.e., develops from the egg through the larva and the pupa…

alfalfa caterpillar

(Encyclopedia) alfalfa caterpillar, larva of the alfalfa butterfly, Colias eurytheme, a member of the family Pieridae. Found throughout most of Mexico, the United States, and S Canada, it is…

Price, Leontyne

(Encyclopedia) Price, LeontynePrice, Leontynelāˈəntēn [key], 1927–, American soprano, b. Laurel, Miss., as Mary Violet Leontine Price. She studied voice at Juilliard with Florence Page Kimball.…

valve

(Encyclopedia) valve, device for controlling the flow of fluids (liquids and gases). Valves vary in construction and size depending upon their function. Some are classified according to their method…

Besant, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Besant, Sir WalterBesant, Sir Walterbĭzăntˈ [key], 1836–1901, English novelist and humanitarian, grad. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1859. He taught at the Royal College of Mauritius…