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Rhode Island Red chicken
(Encyclopedia)Rhode Island Red chicken, American breed of poultry, no longer raised commercially, but still maintained for use in breeding programs. See Red Rock chicken. ...nimbus, in meteorology
(Encyclopedia)nimbus, in meteorology, low, dark, formless cloud covering the entire sky, from which rain or snow is steadily falling. The term is usually applied to any cloud from which rain descends. Modifications...lightning
(Encyclopedia)lightning, electrical discharge accompanied by thunder, commonly occurring during a thunderstorm. The discharge may take place between one part of a cloud and another part (intracloud), between one cl...cumulonimbus
(Encyclopedia)cumulonimbus: see cloud.cumulus
(Encyclopedia)cumulus: see cloud.altocumulus
(Encyclopedia)altocumulus: see cloud.altostratus
(Encyclopedia)altostratus: see cloud.nimbostratus
(Encyclopedia)nimbostratus: see cloud.stratocumulus
(Encyclopedia)stratocumulus: see cloud.stratus
(Encyclopedia)stratus: see cloud.Browse by Subject
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