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(Encyclopedia) Moorhead, city (1990 pop. 32,295), seat of Clay co., NW Minn., on the Red River; inc. 1881. A sister city of Fargo, N.Dak., it is a shipping and processing center for a livestock,…Mocha
(Encyclopedia) MochaMochamōˈkə [key], town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port…Drumheller
(Encyclopedia) Drumheller Drumheller drŭmˈhĕlˌər [key], city, SE Alta., Canada, on the Red Deer River. Once a coal…Bossier City
(Encyclopedia) Bossier City Bossier City bōˈzhər [key], city (2020 pop. 62,701), Bossier parish, NW La., on the Red…Berenice, city, ancient Egypt
(Encyclopedia) Berenice or Berenike, city of ancient Egypt, on the Red Sea. Founded by Ptolemy II and named in his mother's honor, it commanded the trade with Arabia and India, flourishing from the…spotted lanternfly
(Encyclopedia) spotted lanternfly, common name for a planthopper, Lycorma delicatula, an insect that is native to China, India, and Vietnam, and is an introduced agricultural pest in Korea and the…scarlet fever
(Encyclopedia) scarlet fever or scarlatina, an acute, communicable infection, caused by group A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria (see streptococcus) that produce an erythrogenic toxin. The disease is…guava
(Encyclopedia) guavaguavagwäˈvə [key], small evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Psidium of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family), native to tropical America and grown elsewhere for its ornamental…crayfish
(Encyclopedia) crayfish or crawfish, freshwater crustacean smaller than but structurally very similar to its marine relative the lobster, and found in ponds and streams in most parts of the world…buoy
(Encyclopedia) buoybuoyboi, b&oomacr;ˈē [key], float anchored in navigable waters to mark channels and indicate dangers to navigation (isolated rocks, mine fields, cables, and the like). The…Trending
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