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Batumi

(Encyclopedia) Batumi Batumi bät&oobreve;ˈmĭ [key] or Batum Batum…

Pinnacles National Park

(Encyclopedia) Pinnacles National Park, c.26,000 acres (10,500 hectares), in the Gabilan Mts. of the Coast Ranges, W central Calif.; est. as a national monument 1980, designated a national park 2013…

Keenan Wynn

(Francis Xavier Aloysius Wynn)actorBorn: 7/27/1916Birthplace: New York City A prolific actor, Wynn's career spanned 52 years and 168 roles in movies and television. His best-known role is probably…

Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge

(Encyclopedia) Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge, 1862–1901, American pianist and composer, b. Edgeworth, Pa., studied in Boston and in Germany. He made his debut as a pianist in Pittsburgh in 1886 but…

Rattigan, Sir Terence Mervyn

(Encyclopedia) Rattigan, Sir Terence Mervyn, 1911–77, British dramatist. One of England's most popular and commercially successful contemporary playwrights, he was the master of the tightly crafted “…

Ganesa

(Encyclopedia) GanesaGanesagənāˈsə [key], b. 1507, d. after 1564, Indian astronomer. As a boy of 13 in a village N of Mumbai, Ganesa wrote a treatise on astronomy, the Grahalaghava, which has often…

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (Browne)

(Encyclopedia) Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (Browne)Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (Browne)hĕmˈənz [key], 1793–1835, English poet. She married Capt. Alfred Hemans in 1812, had five children, and separated from…

Harpocrates

(Encyclopedia) HarpocratesHarpocrateshärpŏkˈrətēz [key], the Greek name for the Egyptian sky god Horus. He was represented as a small boy with his finger held to his lips and came to be considered…

DK Nature: Vertebrates

VERTEBRATE GROUPS REPTILES BIRDS MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS FISH WHAT DOES THE SKELETON DO? HOW MANY LIMBS DO VERTEBRATES HAVE? FIND OUT MOREAll vertebrates have an inner skeleton, including a skull…