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(Encyclopedia) characincharacinkârˈəsĭn [key] or characidcharacin–sĭd [key], common name for members of the Characidae, a large and diverse family comprising 700 species of freshwater fishes. The…Junagadh
(Encyclopedia) JunagadhJunagadhj&oomacr;ˈnəgädˌ [key] or JunagarhJunagarh–gärˌ [key], former principality, Kathiawar peninsula, W India, on the Arabian Sea. The region of Junagadh became a…Yan'an
(Encyclopedia) Yan'an or YenanYan'anboth: yĕn-än [key], city (1991 pop. 115,900), N Shaanxi prov., China, on the Yen River. Now a market and tourist center, it is famed as the terminus of the long…moa
(Encyclopedia) moamoamōˈə [key] [Maori], common name for an extinct flightless bird of New Zealand related to the kiwi, the emu, the cassowary, and the ostrich. The various species ranged in size…Monte Cassino
(Encyclopedia) Monte CassinoMonte Cassinomônˈtā käs-sēˈnō [key], monastery, in Latium, central Italy, E of the Rapido River. Situated on a hill (1,674 ft/510 m) overlooking Cassino, it was founded c.…mammoth
(Encyclopedia) mammoth, name for several large prehistoric relatives (genus Mammuthus) of modern elephants which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. The shoulder height of…Eyzies-de-Tayac, Les
(Encyclopedia) Eyzies-de-Tayac, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Les lā zāzēˈ-də-tīäkˈ [key], or…cacomistle
(Encyclopedia) cacomistlecacomistlekăkˈəmĭsˌəl [key], small New World mammal, genus Bassaricus, related to the raccoon. There are two species, one found in Mexico and the SW United States, the other…Majorca
(Encyclopedia) MajorcaMajorcaməjôrˈkə [key], Span. MallorcaMajorcamälyôrˈkä [key], island (1991 pop. 602,074), 1,405 sq mi (3,639 sq km), Spain, largest of the Balearic Islands, in the W…oilbird
(Encyclopedia) oilbird, common name for an owllike, cave-dwelling bird, Steatornis caripensis, belonging to the family Steatornithidae. It spends its days in dark caves, maneuvering by means of a…Trending
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