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(Encyclopedia) CE5 A. Cross section of a hair shaft B. General structure of a hair hair, slender threadlike outgrowth from the skin of mammals. In some animals hair grows in dense profusion and…protective coloration
(Encyclopedia) protective coloration, coloration or color pattern of an animal that affords it protection from observation either by its predators or by its prey. The most widespread form of…pear
(Encyclopedia) pear, name for a fruit tree of the genus Pyrus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a pome. The common pear (P. communis) is one of the earliest cultivated of fruit…American Samoa
(Encyclopedia) American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States (2015 est. pop. 56,000), comprising the eastern half of the Samoa island chain in…cricket, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) cricket, common name of the slender, chirping, hopping insects forming the family Gryllidae in the order Orthoptera. Most crickets have long antennae, muscular hind legs for jumping,…Udmurt Republic
(Encyclopedia) Udmurt RepublicUdmurt Republic&oobreve;dˈm&oobreve;rt, Rus. &oobreve;dm&oomacr;rtˈ [key] or Udmurtia, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,620,000), 16,255 sq mi (42,100…blast furnace
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Blast furnace for production of iron blast furnace, structure used chiefly in smelting. The principle involved in this means of extracting metals is that of the reduction of…The Celtic Twilight: Drumcliff and Rosses
by W. B. Yeats The Three O'Byrnes and the Evil FaeriesThe Thick Skull of the FortunateDrumcliff and Rosses Drumcliff and Rosses were, are, and ever shall be, please Heaven! places of…The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Fishing
Hiawatha's Sailing Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather Hiawatha's Fishing Forth upon the Gitche Gumee, On the shining Big-Sea-Water, With his fishing-line of cedar, Of the twisted bark…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, August 3, 1806
Day 1565 Day 1567 Clark, August 3, 1806 Tueday August 3rd,1806. last night the Musquetors was so troublesom that no one of the party Slept half the night. for my part I did not Sleep one…