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Hiroshige

(Encyclopedia) Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)Hiroshigeänˈdō hērōˈshēgāˌ [key], 1797–1858, Japanese painter and color-print artist of the ukiyo-e school. His prolific work includes a series of landscapes…

Hindu Kush

(Encyclopedia) Hindu KushHindu Kushhĭnˈd&oomacr; k&oobreve;sh [key], a high mountain system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) W from the Pamir Knot, N Pakistan, into NE Afghanistan; rising to 25,…

panther

(Encyclopedia) panther, name commonly applied to the leopard, especially to a black leopard. It is also used locally to designate various other cats including the jaguar and the puma. In animal…

lemming

(Encyclopedia) lemming, name for several species of mouselike rodents related to the voles. All live in arctic or northern regions, inhabiting tundra or open meadows. They frequently nest in…

Makemie, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Makemie, FrancisMakemie, Francisməkĕˈmē [key], c.1658–1708, American clergyman, considered the founder of Presbyterianism in America. Born in Ireland, he studied in Scotland and c.1682…

hepatica

(Encyclopedia) hepaticahepaticahĭpătˈĭkə [key] or liverleaf, any plant of the genus Hepatica of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), low, woodland, spring wildflowers of the north temperate…

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, SE Alaska, near Juneau. The park (3,224,840 acres/1,305,603 hectares) and the preserve (58,406 acres/23,646 hectares) were established in 1925…

Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Ostrovsky, Aleksandr NikolayevichOstrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyĭkəlīˈyəvĭch əstrôfˈskē [key], 1823–86, Russian dramatist. Ostrovsky's first play, The Bankrupt (1847;…

brant

(Encyclopedia) brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. The head, neck, and…